regma

[reg-muh]

noun, plural reg·ma·ta

[reg-muh-tuh] /ˈrɛg mə tə/. Botany.

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

Origin of regma

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

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