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dispermous

[dahy-spur-muh s]
adjective Botany.
  1. having two seeds.
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Origin of dispermous

First recorded in 1720–30; di-1 + spermous
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British Dictionary definitions for dispermous

dispermous

adjective
  1. (of flowering plants) producing or having two seeds
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Word Origin

C18: from di- 1 + Greek sperma seed
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