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Webster 1913 Edition


Dispermous

Di-sper′mous

(dī̍-spẽr′mŭs)
,
Adj.
[Gr.
δι-
=
δισ
+
σπέρμα
seed, fr.
σπείρειν
to sow: cf. F.
disperme
.]
(Bot.)
Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dispermous

DISPERMOUS

,
Adj.
[Gr., seed.] In botany, two-seeded; containing two seeds only; as, umbellate and stellate plants are dispermous.

Definition 2024


dispermous

dispermous

English

Adjective

dispermous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having only two seeds.

References

  • Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 131