Definition of Angiocarp

1. Noun. Tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk.

Generic synonyms: Angiosperm, Flowering Plant
Derivative terms: Angiocarpous

Lexicographical Neighbors of Angiocarp

angio-
angioarchitecture
angioblast
angioblastic cells
angioblastic cyst
angioblastoma
angioblastomas
angioblastomata
angioblasts
angiocardiogram
angiocardiographic
angiocardiography
angiocardiokinetic
angiocardiopathy
angiocarp (current term)
angiocarpian
angiocarpic
angiocarpous
angiocentric
angiocholecystitis
angiocholitis
angiocyst
angioderm
angiodiascopy
angiodynography
angiodysgenetic myelomalacia
angiodysplasia
angiodystrophy
angioedema

Literary usage of Angiocarp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"... and angiocarp, led DEBARY (14, p. 63; 15, pp. 58 and 312; 16, pp. 35 and 289) to the conclusion that the same course of development as described by ..."

2. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"A round membranous dry case, enclosing the seeds in some angiocarp funguses: it is also a kind of ..."

3. An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest Improvements of by William Withering (1830)
"Of this we have examples in the Melon and Cucumber. (angiocarp'I, a division of Fungi, according to Persoon, including such, as bear their seeds internally. ..."

4. Flora Cestrica: An Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester by William Darlington (1853)
"... black; apothecia lentiform- globose, naked, black, the margin at length reflected. Sab. On old decaying wood; fences, &c. SUBORDER II. angiocarp'I ..."

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