ALLOCARPY | • ALLOCARPY n. fruiting after cross-fertilization. |
ANTHOCARP | • anthocarp n. (Botany) Any of various forms of fruits in which part of the perianth tissue remains attached to the… • ANTHOCARP n. a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple. |
ASCOCARPS | • ascocarps n. Plural of ascocarp. • ASCOCARP n. a spore-producing organ of certain fungi. |
AUTOCARPS | • AUTOCARP n. a fruit produced by self-fertilization. |
CREMOCARP | • cremocarp n. (Botany) The fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, etc., consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis. • CREMOCARP n. the characteristic fruit of the Umbelliferae. |
CYSTOCARP | • cystocarp n. A minute vesicle in some seaweeds, containing the reproductive spores. • CYSTOCARP n. the fructification in red seaweeds. |
ENDOCARPS | • endocarps n. Plural of endocarp. • ENDOCARP n. the inner layer of a pericarp. |
GEOCARPIC | • geocarpic adj. Relating to geocarpy. • GEOCARPIC adj. of fruit, ripening underground. |
MESOCARPS | • mesocarps n. Plural of mesocarp. • MESOCARP n. the middle layer of a pericarp. |
MONOCARPS | • monocarps n. Plural of monocarp. • MONOCARP n. a plant that yields fruit only once before dying. |
PODOCARPS | • podocarps n. Plural of podocarp. • PODOCARP n. a stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit. |
RHIZOCARP | • RHIZOCARP n. a water-fern or heterosporous fern. |
SARCOCARP | • sarcocarp n. (Botany) The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or… • sarcocarp n. Any fruit which is fleshy throughout. • SARCOCARP n. the fleshy part of a stone fruit. |
SPOROCARP | • sporocarp n. (Mycology) The structure on a fungus and some algae which houses the spore-producing organs. • SPOROCARP n. a closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. |
XYLOCARPS | • xylocarps n. Plural of xylocarp. • XYLOCARP n. a hard woody fruit. |