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acrospire

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ac⋅ro⋅spire

  [ak-ruh-spahyuhr]
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–noun Botany.
the first sprout appearing in the germination of grain; the developed plumule of the seed.
Origin:
1610–20; acro- + spire 1 ; r. akerspire, equiv. to aker (OE æchir ear of grain) + spire
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