chrysosperm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The seed of gold; an alchemical means of creating gold.
  2. Sunlight, which turns the world golden.

Word forms

chrysosperm

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”), equivalent to chryso- + sperm.

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