Meaning of CARPOPHORE
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Car"po*phore\, n. [Gr. karpo`s fruit + ? to bear.]
(Bot.)
A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between
the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | In ferns, the stalk of a sporocarp; in a fruit, the stalk of a mericarp. |
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