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regma

[reg-muh]

noun

Botany.

plural

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



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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

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