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chlorospermous

chlorospermous adjective: having green seeds or spores.

Adjective

chlorospermous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Having green seeds or spores.
    • chlorospermous algae
    • The ulvas belong to the chlorospermous class of seaweeds, distinguished by their green spores, and the generally green color of their fronds.1875, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The American Cyclopaedia, page 774

Origin of chlorospermous

From chloro- + -spermous.

Questions about chlorospermous

What does chlorospermous mean?
Chlorospermous means having green seeds or spores.
What part of speech is chlorospermous?
Chlorospermous is an adjective.

Words near chlorospermous in the dictionary

  1. chlorosities
  2. chlorosity
  3. chlorosomal
  4. chlorosome
  5. chlorosomes
  6. chlorospermous
  7. chlorospinel
  8. chlorospinels
  9. chlorospingus
  10. chlorostannate
  11. chlorostannates

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