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Schizocarp

Schiz′o-carp

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Noun.
[
Schizo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] fruit.]
(Bot.)
A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.

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schizocarp

schizocarp

English

Noun

schizocarp (plural schizocarps)

  1. (botany) A dry fruit that develops from multiple carpels and splits into multiple, one-seeded mericarps at maturity

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