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apocarp

[ap-uh-kahrp]
noun Botany.
  1. a female element of a flower having separate carpels.
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Origin of apocarp

apo- + -carp
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British Dictionary definitions for apocarp

apocarp

noun
  1. an apocarpous gynoecium or fruit
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Word Origin

C13: from Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein to disclose, from apo- + kaluptein to hide
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