单词 | dispermous |
释义 | dispermous in British English (daɪˈspɜːməs) adjective (of flowering plants) producing or having two seeds Word origin C18: from di-1 + Greek sperma seeddispermous in American English (daɪˈspɜrməs) adjective Botany having two seeds Word origin di-1 + -spermousdispermous in American English (daiˈspɜːrməs) adjective Botany having two seeds Word origin [1720–30; di-1 + spermous]This word is first recorded in the period 1720–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: berm, catchword, fantail, stylus, syllabicdi- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double”(diphthong). On this model, di- is freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide) |
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