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-carpous

  1. a combining form meaning “fruited,” “having fruit, fruiting bodies, or carpels of a given sort,” as specified by the initial element: apocarpous.
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Origin of -carpous

< Greek -karpos, adj. derivative of karpós fruit; see -ous
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British Dictionary definitions for -carpous

-carpous

-carpic

adj combining form
  1. (in botany) indicating a certain kind or number of fruitapocarpous
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Word Origin

from New Latin -carpus, from Greek karpos fruit
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