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Webster 1913 Edition

Acrospire

Ac′ro-spire

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] + [GREEK] anything twisted.]
(Bot.)
The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; – so called from its spiral form.

Ac′ro-spire

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Verb.
I.
To put forth the first sprout.

Webster 1828 Edition

Acrospire

AC'ROSPIRE

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Noun.
[Gr. highest, a spire, or spiral line.]
A shoot, or sprout of a seed; the plume, or plumule, so called from its spiral form.

Definition 2024

acrospire

acrospire

English

Noun

acrospire ‎(plural acrospires)

  1. (botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.

Verb

acrospire ‎(third-person singular simple present acrospires, present participle acrospiring, simple past and past participle acrospired)

  1. To put forth the first sprout.

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