campylospermous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καμπύλος (kampúlos, “curved”) + spermous.

Adjective

campylospermous (not comparable)

1. (botany, archaic) Having longitudinally curved grooves on its seeds

   The sweet cicely is campylospermous.

References

• “campylospermous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.