English Explanatory Dictionary

carpophore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

carpophore carpophores

Etymology

From carpo- + -phore.

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