carpophore

American  

[kahr-puh-fawr, -fohr] / ˈkɑr pəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr /

noun

Botany.

1. a slender prolongation of the floral axis, bearing the carpels of some compound fruits, as in many plants of the parsley family.

2. Mycology. the fruiting body of the higher fungi.

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carpophore British  

/ ˈkɑːpəˌfɔː /

noun

1. the central column surrounded by carpels in such flowers as the geranium

2. a spore-bearing structure in some of the higher fungi

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carpophore Scientific  

/ kär′pə-fôr′ /

1. 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.

2. A slender stalk that supports each half of a dehisced fruit in many members of the parsley family.

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Etymology

Origin of carpophore

First recorded in 1865–70; carpo- ¹ + -phore

Example Sentences

The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.

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