metaspermn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtəspəːm/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌspərm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: meta- prefix, -sperm comb. form.

Etymology: < meta- prefix + -sperm comb. form, after scientific Latin Metaspermae (E. Strasburger Die Coniferen u. die Gnetaceen (1872) 239). Compare earlier angiosperm n.

Botany. Now rare.

= angiosperm n. (by which it is now superseded).

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > angiosperm or gymnosperm

angiosperm1835

gymnosperm1838

metasperm1878

1878 W. R. McNab Bot.: Outl. Classif. Plants iv. 121 The phanerogams can be divided into two groups, the archisperms or gymnosperms, and the metasperms or angiosperms.

1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metasperms, a synonym of Angiosperms.

1902 Bot. Gaz. 34 226 The two classes of Archesperms and Metasperms are sufficiently distinct to justify the nomenclature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metasperm
释义	metaspermn. Brit. /ˈmɛtəspəːm/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌspərm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: meta- prefix, -sperm comb. form. Etymology: < meta- prefix + -sperm comb. form, after scientific Latin Metaspermae (E. Strasburger Die Coniferen u. die Gnetaceen (1872) 239). Compare earlier angiosperm n. Botany. Now rare. = angiosperm n. (by which it is now superseded). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > angiosperm or gymnosperm angiosperm1835 gymnosperm1838 metasperm1878 1878 W. R. McNab Bot.: Outl. Classif. Plants iv. 121 The phanerogams can be divided into two groups, the archisperms or gymnosperms, and the metasperms or angiosperms. 1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metasperms, a synonym of Angiosperms. 1902 Bot. Gaz. 34 226 The two classes of Archesperms and Metasperms are sufficiently distinct to justify the nomenclature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878
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