-sperm


-sperm

suff. Seed: endosperm.
[Greek -spermos, from sperma, seed; see sperm1.]

-sperm

n combining form (Botany) (in botany) a seed: gymnosperm. -spermous, -spermal adj combining form

sperm1

(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]