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Webster 1913 Edition


Carpophore

Car′po-phore

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Noun.
[Gr.
καρπόσ
fruit +
φέρειν
to bear.]
(Bot.)
A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.

Definition 2024


carpophore

carpophore

English

Noun

carpophore (plural carpophores)

  1. (botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants
  2. (mycology) The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi