Definition of Spermic

1. a. Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.

Definition of Spermic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to sperm. ¹

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Definition of Spermic

1. sperm [adj] - See also: sperm

Literary usage of Spermic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"68): branching of the fertile spike is a marked feature in certain Ophioglossaceae : branching of stamens is common in the Angio spermic flower, ..."

2. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"We have no means of ascertaining, from the essential character of any one of these orders, either the spermic direction and position of the embryo, ..."

3. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray, Charles Sprague Sargent (1889)
"We have no means of ascertaining, from the essential character of any one of these orders, either the spermic direction and position of the embryo, ..."

4. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"In his work on multipolar mitoses in di- spermic eggs (Fig. 127 bis; see also p. 163) Boveri (1902, 1907) was able to show further that abnormal chromosome ..."

5. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"... evidence for chromosomal heredity from di- spermic sea urchin eggs was open to less objection. It was known that when two sperms enter the sea urchin's ..."

6. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"... evidence for chromosomal heredity from di- spermic sea urchin eggs was open to less objection. It was known that when two sperms enter the sea urchin's ..."

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