a. Bot. [f. mod.L. campylosperm-us (f. Gr. καμπύλος bent + σπέρμα seed) + -OUS.] (See quot.)
1880. Gray, Bot. Text-bk., 400. Campylospermous.… Curved-seeded. Said of seed-like fruits or carpels, as those of some Umbelliferæ, in which the contained seed is involute by the lateral edges, so as to produce a longitudinal furrow on the ventral face.
