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polysperm, a. Bot. rare.|ˈpɒlɪspɜːm|
[ad. Gr. πολύσπερµος abounding in seed, f. πολυ-, poly- + σπέρµα seed.]
Having, containing, or producing numerous seeds; many-seeded. Also polyˈspermal, polyˈspermatous, polyˈspermous a.
1686Phil. Trans. XVI. 287 Those Herbs..being Polyspermous. 1719–26Quincy Med. Dict., Polyspermous,..those Plants are thus called which have more than four Seeds succeeding each Flower, and this without any certain Order. 1729Evelyn's Sylva ii. iii. 118 Easily rais'd of the Kernels and Nuts, which may be gotten out of their Polysperm and Turbinate Cones. 1845Lindley Sch. Bot. iv. 26 Ovary polyspermous, many-celled. 1882Ogilvie, Polyspermal, Polyspermous. 1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Polyspermatous.
[Polysperm, as n., in various Dicts., an error due to misquotation of Evelyn, quot. 1729 above.] |