sperm- or sperma-pref. Variants of spermi-.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
sperm
sperm 1 (spûrm)n. pl. sperm or sperms 1. A male gamete, such as a spermatozoon of an animal or one of the cells or nuclei produced by a pollen grain of a plant. Also called sperm cell.2. Semen.[Middle English sperme, semen, from Old French esperme, from Late Latin sperma, from Greek; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]sperm?ous adj.sperm 2 (spûrm)n. A substance, such as spermaceti, obtained from a sperm whale.[Short for spermaceti.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.sperm (sp??m) n, pl sperms or sperm1. (Physiology) another name for semen2. (Physiology) a male reproductive cell; male gamete[C14: from Late Latin sperma, from Greek; related to Greek speirein to sow]sperm (sp??m) n (Animals) short for sperm whale, spermaceti, sperm oilCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sperm1 (sp?rm) n., pl. sperm, sperms for 2. 1. a male reproductive cell; spermatozoon. 2. semen. [1350?1400; Middle English sperme
-sperm
-spermsuff. Seed: endosperm.[Greek -spermos, from sperma, seed; see sperm1.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-sperm n combining form (Botany) (in botany) a seed: gymnosperm. -spermous, -spermal adj combining formCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sperm1 (sp?rm) n., pl. sperm, sperms for 2. 1. a male reproductive cell; spermatozoon. 2. semen. [1350?1400; Middle English sperme