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-spermous

-spermous suffix: having a specified number or type of seeds.

Suffix

-spermous

  1. Having a specified number or type of seeds.
    Synonyms:
    -spermal

Synonyms of -spermous

  • -spermal

Origin of -spermous

From Ancient Greek -σπερμος (-spermos) [itself from σπέρμα (spérma) + -ος (-os)] (as used, for example, in ἄσπερμος (áspermos)) + -ous.

Questions about -spermous

What does -spermous mean?
-spermous means having a specified number or type of seeds.
What part of speech is -spermous?
-spermous is a suffix.

Words near -spermous in the dictionary

  1. -sophy
  2. -speak
  3. -spect
  4. -spermia
  5. -spermic
  6. -spermous
  7. -sphere
  8. -spheres
  9. -spirone
  10. -splain
  11. -splained

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