Meanings
adjectivecampylospermous (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparablebiologyHaving longitudinally curved grooves on its seeds
The sweet cicely is campylospermous.
Origin
From Ancient Greek καμπύλος (kampúlos, “curved”) + -spermous.
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campylospermous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campylospermous
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