boneseed

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπέρμα“seed”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromὀστέον“bone”
3. English todayboneseed

From bone + seed, either directly as a description of the hard surface of the seeds, or indirectly as a calque of the name of its genus, Osteospermum, from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”).

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