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Webster 1913 Edition

Melanosperm

Me-lan′o-sperm

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Noun.

[Gr.

μέλας

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μέλανος

, black +

σπέρμα

seed.]

(Bot.)

An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.

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Melˊa-no-sper′mous

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Adj.