carpophore
a slender prolongation of the floral axis, bearing the carpels of some compound fruits, as in many plants of the parsley family.
Mycology. the fruiting body of the higher fungi.
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How to use carpophore in a sentence
The two carpels are close together, with their adjacent surfaces flattened, and are fixed to a central axis called the carpophore.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxIn some Borragineous flowers, such as Houndstongue, the gynobase runs up in the centre between the carpels into a carpophore.
The Elements of Botany | Asa GrayFruit (cremocarp) of Osmorrhiza; the two akene-like ripe carpels separating at maturity from a slender axis or carpophore.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Graycarpophore, the stalk or support of a pistil extending between its carpels, 113.
The Elements of Botany | Asa GrayA carpophore is a prolongation of receptacle or axis between the carpels and bearing them.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Gray
British Dictionary definitions for carpophore
/ (ˈkɑːpəˌfɔː) /
the central column surrounded by carpels in such flowers as the geranium
a spore-bearing structure in some of the higher fungi
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Scientific definitions for carpophore
[ kär′pə-fôr′ ]
A fleshy, spore-producing body of basidiomycetes and ascomycetes. In common usage, the term mushroom is applied to carpophores that have a distinctive stipe and cap.
A slender stalk that supports each half of a dehisced fruit in many members of the parsley family.
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