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acrospire
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acrospire, n. [Gr. + anything twisted.].
The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form. [1913 Webster]
acrospire, v. i.
To put forth the first sprout. [1913 Webster]
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acrospire
Posterity
N posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat, family, grandchildren, heirs, great-grandchild, child, son, daughter, butcha, bantling, scion, acrospire, plumule, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit, branch, off-shoot, off- set, ramification, descendant, heir, heiress, heir-apparent, heir- presumptive, chip off the old block, heredity, rising generation, straight descent, sonship, line, lineage, filiation, primogeniture, filial, diphyletic, the child is father of the man, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, like father, like son.For further exploring for "acrospire" in Webster Dictionary Online
