Lith'o-spēr'mum, n.
[Gr. λίθος, stone, and σπέρμα, seed.] (Bot.) A genus of plants;—so called from the stony hardness of their seeds, the pericarps of which are found to contain nearly sixty per cent. of earthy matter. Baird.
[Gr. λίθος, stone, and σπέρμα, seed.] (Bot.) A genus of plants;—so called from the stony hardness of their seeds, the pericarps of which are found to contain nearly sixty per cent. of earthy matter. Baird.