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Webster 1913 Edition

(krĕm′ō̍-kärp or krē′mō̍-)

Noun.

[Gr.

κρεμαννύναι

to hang +

καρπόσ

fruit.]

(Bot.)

The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.