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Definition of: polyspermy
(pol′i·spûr′mē) noun Bot.
The condition of having numerous seeds in the fruit. Also pol′y·sper′mi·a. [<Gk. polyspermia <polyspermos. See POLYSPERM.]
—pol′y·sper′·mal or ·sper′mic or ·sper′mous adjective
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