Etymology

rhodosperm

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Today it means: Any seaweed with red spores, in the former class Rhodospermeae. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σπέρμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπέρμα“seed”
  2. English todayrhodosperm

From rhodo- + Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσπέρμα all →

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