The condition of having or being characterized by two seeds.
From dis- (two) plus Greek sperma (seed), with the noun suffix -y. This is a botanical/biological term for the state or quality of possessing two seeds.
In reproductive biology, dispermy became scientifically important when researchers discovered that polyspermy (fertilization by multiple sperm) could cause genetic problems—understanding dispermy helped explain normal vs. abnormal plant reproduction.
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