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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ac•ro•spire n. [Bot.]

Botanythe first sprout appearing in the germination of grain;
the developed plumule of the seed.

1610–20; acro- + spire¹; replacing akerspire, equivalent. to aker (Old English æchir ear of grain) + spire

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