Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRO'PHO-SPERM
TRO'PHO-SPERM, n. [Gr. τροφος, one who feeds, a nurse, and σπερμα, seed.]
In botany, that part of the ovary from which the ovules arise. It is most commonly called placenta, sometimes spermaphore, and sometimes receptacle of the seeds. – Lindley.
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