chrysosperm means the seed of gold; an alchemical means of creating gold. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “chrysosperm” is a great word
CHRYSOSPERM — [Noun] An alchemical term for the hypothetical 'seed of gold', a fundamental generative principle believed capable of transmuting base metals into gold. From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, "gold") + σπέρμα (spérma, "seed, semen"). First attested in English in 1612 in the writing of Ben Jonson. Unlike "philosopher's stone," which broadly promises transmutation and eternal life, or "aurification," which names the act of turning to gold, chrysosperm is the imagined fertile essence, the masculine spark of metallic perfection. It is the fleck of gold dust kept in a lead-sealed vial, the minute, fiery grain believed to quicken a cauldron of molten lead, the single, perfect atom sought in a lifetime's distillation of mercury—the alchemist's faith that perfection lies dormant in base matter, waiting only for the right touch to quicken.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”), equivalent to chryso- + sperm.
noun
- The seed of gold; an alchemical means of creating gold.“Of your elixir, your lac Virginis, Your stone, your med'cine , and your chrysosperm”
- Sunlight, which turns the world golden.“Of dusky light escaped the journeying clouds That hid the ample sun and left his beams A deeper hue of topaz, chrysosperm To milt the earth with harvest;”