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orthospermous

orthospermous adjective: having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of some umbelliferous plants.

Adjective

orthospermous (not comparable)

  1. Having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of some umbelliferous plants.
    • But in regard to the differences both in the internal and external structure of the seeds, […] in the Umbelliferae these differences are of such apparent importance—the seeds being in some cases, according to Tausch, orthospermous in the exterior flowers and cœlospermous in the central flowers,—[…]1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Laws of Variation”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 146

Origin of orthospermous

Ancient Greek

Questions about orthospermous

What does orthospermous mean?
Orthospermous means having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of some umbelliferous plants.
What part of speech is orthospermous?
Orthospermous is an adjective.

Words near orthospermous in the dictionary

  1. orthosocial
  2. orthosomatic
  3. orthosomnia
  4. orthosomycin
  5. orthosomycins
  6. orthospermous
  7. orthosporin
  8. orthostasis
  9. orthostat
  10. orthostate
  11. orthostates

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