-sperm

a combining form with the meaning “one having seeds” of the kind specified by the initial element: gymnosperm.

Origin of -sperm

< Greek -spermos; see -spermous

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British Dictionary definitions for -sperm

-sperm

n combining form

(in botany) a seedgymnosperm

Derived Forms-spermous or -spermal, adj combining form

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