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mericarp

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[mer-i-kahrp] / ˈmɛr ɪˌkɑrp /

noun

Botany.

  1. one of the carpels of a schizocarp.

Etymology

Origin of mericarp

1825–35; meri- (combining form of Greek merís part, portion) + -carp

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