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disseminules

disseminules is the plural of disseminule.

Meaning of disseminule

Noun

disseminule (plural disseminules)

  1. A seed fruit that has been modified for migration.
    • For ectozoic dispersal the disseminule is commonly adhesive by means of a sticky surface or, more often, by its possession of hooks or other devices by which it catches on to the fur etc. Anyone who has tried to extract the fruits of Burdocks (Arctium spp.) or Beggar-ticks (Bides spp.) from woolly...1960, Nicholas Polunin, “Dispersal and Migration: Aids and Barriers”, in Introduction to Plant Geography and Some Related Sciences, New York, N.Y.; London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →OCLC, page 112

Questions about disseminules

What is disseminules the plural of?
Disseminules is the plural of disseminule.

Words near disseminules in the dictionary

  1. disseminative
  2. disseminator
  3. disseminators
  4. disseminatory
  5. disseminule
  6. disseminules
  7. dissension
  8. dissensions
  9. dissensious
  10. dissensual
  11. dissensus

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