出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/01/02 19:33 UTC 版)
From bone + seed, either directly as a description of the hard surface of the seeds, or indirectly as a calque of the name of its genus, Osteospermum, from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”).
boneseed (countable and uncountable, plural boneseeds)