-spermae
noun plural combining form
-sper·mae
ˈspər(ˌ)mē,
-pə̄(-,
-pəi(-,
-ˌmī
variants or -spermeae
-mēˌē,
-mēˌī
: one having (such) a seed or germ —in higher taxa in botany
AngiospermaeGymnospermaeRhodospermeae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from -spermae, feminine plural of -spermus -spermous
- loose head
- loose milk
- loose rate
- loose scrum
- loose sentence
- loose side
- loose smut
- loose tongue
- loose wall
- loose-bodied
- loose-footed
- loose-housing system
- loose-joint butt
- loose-jointed
- loose-jointedness
- loose-leaf
- loose-limbed
- loose-lipped
- loose-pin butt
- loose-tongued
- looseboxes
- loosed
- looselier
- looseliest
- loosely