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-spermsuff. Seed: endosperm. [Greek -spermos, from sperma, seed; see sperm1.]-sperm n combining form (Botany) (in botany) a seed: gymnosperm. -spermous, -spermal adj combining formsperm1 (spɜrm) n., pl. sperm, sperms for 2. 1. a male reproductive cell; spermatozoon. 2. semen. [1350–1400; Middle English sperme < Late Latin sperma < Greek spérma seed <sper-, base of speírein to sow] sperm2 (spɜrm) n. spermaceti. [1830–40; by shortening] -sperm a combining form meaning “one having seeds” of the kind specified by the initial element: gymnosperm. [< Greek -spermos] EncyclopediaSeesperm |