We discuss some growth rates of composite entire functions on the basis of the definition of relative (p, q)th order (relative (p, q)th lower order) with respect to another entire function which improve some earlier results of Roy (2010) where p and q are any two positive integers.

Seeds of the palm Attalea butyracea (formerly known as Scheelea zonensis in Panamá and Scheelea rostrata in Costa Rica—Bradford & Smith 1977, Forget et al. 1994, Henderson 1995) are contained within stony endocarps. For the purposes of this paper, individual fruits or their seed-bearing endocarps will be referred to as diaspores; all of the seeds of a given fruit are surrounded by the stony wal...