"spermosphere" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spermospheres [plural]
Etymology: spermo- + sphere Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|spermo|sphere}} spermo- + sphere Head templates: {{en-noun}} spermosphere (plural spermospheres)
  1. (physiology) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a spermospore, each spermoblast of which is converted into a spermatozoid. Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-spermosphere-en-noun-LNwoeqO- Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  2. The zone in the soil surrounding a germinating seed.
    Sense id: en-spermosphere-en-noun-q5fCnNcg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with spermo- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with spermo-: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spermatogemma

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for spermosphere meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

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