definitions

-sperm

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

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Nearby words

-soma, -some, -something, -sophy, -speak, -sperm, -spermal, -spermic, -spermous, -sphere, -splain

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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