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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POLYSPERM

n.[Gr. many and seed. ] A tree whose fruit contains many seeds.

POLYSPERMOUS

a.Containing many seeds; as a polyspermous capsule or berry.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POLYSPERMOUS

Pol `y *sper "mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot. )

Defn: Containing many seeds; as, a polyspermous capsule or berry. Martyn.

POLYSPERMY

POLYSPERMY Pol "y *sper `my, n. (Biol.)

Defn: Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one spermatozoön into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum.

Duden Dictionary

Polyspermie

Po ly sper mie Substantiv, feminin , die |Polysperm ie |die Polyspermie; Genitiv: der Polyspermie, Plural: die Polyspermien 1 Biologie Eindringen mehrerer Samenfäden in ein Ei; Gegensatz Monospermie 2 Spermatorrhö