a type of dry fruit comprising three or more cells which break open when ripe
regma in American English
(ˈreɡmə)
nounWord forms: plural-mata (-mətə)
Botany
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity
Word origin
[1830–40; ‹ NL ‹ Gk rhêgma fracture, break, equiv. to rhēg(nýnai) to break, shatter + -ma n. suffix of result]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baby talk, isomerism, orientation, showcase, walkover