-carpous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Having a specified number or type of fruit or fruiting bodies or part thereof.

Word forms

-carpous -carpic

Etymology

From -carp + -ous. From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain”).

Related words

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