† melanospermousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin melanospermus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin melanospermus (used as specific epithet 1824 or earlier; < ancient Greek μελανο- melano- comb. form + σπέρμα seed: see sperm n.) + -ous suffix; compare -spermous comb. form. In spec. application after scientific Latin Melanospermeae (W. H. Harvey in J. T. Mackay Flora Hibernica (1836) III. 157).

Botany. Obsolete.

Having black or dark-coloured seeds or spores; spec. of or belonging to the (former) algal subclass Melanospermeae (see melanosperm n.).

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1856 W. B. Carpenter Microscope §205. 367 The group of Melanospermous or olive-green Sea-weeds.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Melanospermus, having black seed or fruit, as the Melilotus melanospermus; melanospermous.

1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 155/1 Melanospermous, having dark-coloured seeds or spores.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	melanospermous
释义	† melanospermousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin melanospermus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin melanospermus (used as specific epithet 1824 or earlier; < ancient Greek μελανο- melano- comb. form + σπέρμα seed: see sperm n.) + -ous suffix; compare -spermous comb. form. In spec. application after scientific Latin Melanospermeae (W. H. Harvey in J. T. Mackay Flora Hibernica (1836) III. 157). Botany. Obsolete. Having black or dark-coloured seeds or spores; spec. of or belonging to the (former) algal subclass Melanospermeae (see melanosperm n.). ΚΠ 1856 W. B. Carpenter Microscope §205. 367 The group of Melanospermous or olive-green Sea-weeds. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Melanospermus, having black seed or fruit, as the Melilotus melanospermus; melanospermous. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 155/1 Melanospermous, having dark-coloured seeds or spores. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1856
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