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melanosperm

melanosperm noun: an alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. They were historically grouped together in Melanosperm.

Noun

melanosperm (plural melanosperms)

  1. (archaic) An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. They were historically grouped together in Melanosperm
    • The melanosperms included the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.

Forms of melanosperm

pluralmelanosperms

Origin of melanosperm

melano- + sperm (black seed)

Questions about melanosperm

What does melanosperm mean?
Melanosperm means an alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. They were historically grouped together in Melanosperm.
What part of speech is melanosperm?
Melanosperm is a noun.
What is the plural of melanosperm?
The plural of melanosperm is melanosperms.

Words near melanosperm in the dictionary

  1. melanosis
  2. melanosity
  3. melanosomal
  4. melanosome
  5. melanosomes
  6. melanosperm
  7. melanospermous
  8. melanosperms
  9. melanosphere
  10. melanospheres
  11. melanostatin

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