regma
[ reg-muh ]
/ ˈrɛg mə /
noun, plural reg·ma·ta [reg-muh-tuh] /ˈrɛg mə tə/. Botany.
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
Origin of regma
1830–40; < New Latin < Greek
rhêgma fracture, break, equivalent to
rhēg(nýnai) to break, shatter +
-ma noun suffix of result
Words nearby regma
registry office,
regius,
regius professor,
regle,
reglet,
regma,
regmaker,
regnal,
regnant,
regnat populus,
rego