trophosperm

From tropho- + Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). Compare French trophosperme.

trophosperm (plural trophosperms)

1. (obsolete, botany) The placenta.

• “trophosperm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.