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单词 polyspermatous
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polyspermatousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin polyspermatus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin or post-classical Latin polyspermatus (1604 or earlier; < Hellenistic Greek πολυσπέρματος containing or producing many seeds < πολυ- poly- comb. form + -σπέρματος : see -spermatous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare dispermatous adj., monospermatous adj., and also earlier polysperm adj., polyspermous adj.
Botany. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
= polyspermous adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > of specific number or many
monospermous1687
polyspermous1687
polysperm1729
dispermous1760
tetraspermous1760
trispermous1760
one-seededa1794
monosperm1838
dispermatous1854
monospermal1857
monospermatous1857
polyspermatous1858
tetraspermal1860
tetraspermatous1860
polyspermal1882
monospermic1891
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1003/1 Polyspermatous, polyspermal, having many seeds: many-seeded... The first of these terms only is correct, though both are in use.
a1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Polyspermatous, having many seeds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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