Definition of Carpophore

1. Noun. A slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel.

Generic synonyms: Stalk, Stem

Definition of Carpophore

1. n. A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.

Definition of Carpophore

1. Noun. (botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some Umbelliferae ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carpophore

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Carpophore

1. In ferns, the stalk of a sporocarp, in a fruit, the stalk of a mericarp. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpophore

carpometacarpal joint of thumb
carpometacarpal joints
carpometacarpal ligaments
carpometacarpi
carpometacarpus
carpool
carpooled
carpooler
carpoolers
carpooling
carpools
carpopedal
carpopedal contraction
carpopedal spasm
carpophagous
carpophore (current term)
carpophores
carpophylls
carpophyte
carpophytes
carpoptosis
carport
carports
carpospore
carpospores
carposporic
carposporous
carprofen
carps

Literary usage of Carpophore

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

1. The Flora of British India by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1885)
"Nutlets 4, attached somewhat obliquely to the conical carpophore, ... Nutlets 4, depressed, often broadly adnate to the carpophore with rigid persistent ..."

2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"This may extend up between the carpels and pass into, or the upper part become a carpophore, a name properly applied to a portion of receptacle which is ..."

3. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"Pet large not crowned deep crimson or purple with bluish- black longitudinal lines or streaks. carpophore none. ..."

4. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Fruit cordate : seed concave and longitudinally incurved : carpophore 2-parted. 7. Apium. Fruit broadly ovate : seed not concave : carpophore entire. ..."

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