cystocarp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A minute vesicle in some seaweeds, containing the reproductive carpospores.

Word forms

cystocarp cystocarps

Etymology

From cysto- + -carp, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

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