regma

[ reg-muh ]

noun

, Botany.

, plural reg·ma·ta [reg, -m, uh, -t, uh].

1. a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of regma¹

1830–40; < New Latin < Greek rhêgma fracture, break, equivalent to rhēg ( nýnai ) to break, shatter + -ma noun suffix of result