Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Acrospire

Acrospire ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Greek {not transcribed} + {not transcribed} anything twisted.]

(Botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.

Acrospire , intransitive verb

To put forth the first sprout.