cœlospermn.
/ˈsiːləʊˌspəːm/ Botany.
1. The seed of some umbelliferous plants, which is curved longitudinally so as to be concave on the inner surface.
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?1850 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 40 Cœlospermum, a seed in which the albumen is so curved that the base and apex approach each other. As in a group of Umbelliferæ, named Cœlospermeæ.]
1879 J. Stormonth Man. Sci. Terms 90/2 Coelosperm, seeds with the albumen curved at the ends.
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2. An umbelliferous plant having such a seed.
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