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regma

American

[reg-muh] / ˈrɛg mə /

noun

Botany.

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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

regmata

plural

Etymology

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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