spermosphere

English

Etymology

From spermo- +‎ sphere.

Noun

spermosphere (plural spermospheres)

1. (physiology) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a spermospore, each spermoblast of which is converted into a spermatozoid.
2. The zone in the soil surrounding a germinating seed.

Synonyms

• spermatogemma

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “spermosphere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)