CARPOPHORE


Meaning of CARPOPHORE in English

/kahr"peuh fawr', -fohr'/ , n. Bot.

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

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

[ 1865-70; CARPO- 1 + -PHORE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .