Definitions for acrospire

acrospire ac·ro·spire

Spelling: [ak-ruh-spahyuh r]
IPA: /ˈæk rəˌspaɪər/

Acrospire is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 608 anagrams from letters in acrospire (aceioprrs).

Definitions for acrospire

noun

  1. the first sprout appearing in the germination of grain; the developed plumule of the seed.

Origin of acrospire

1610-20; acro- + spire1; replacing akerspire, equivalent to aker (Old English æchir ear of grain) + spire

Examples for acrospire

By about the eighth day of flooring the acrospire should be about three-quarters up the corn.

As the acrospire creeps along the surface of the seed, the farina within undergoes a remarkable alteration.

The malting, however, is complete before the acrospire becomes a leaf.

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