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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CARPOPHORE

Car "po *phore, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot. )

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

carpophore

car po phore |ˈkärpəˌfôr ˈkɑrpoʊfɔr | ▶noun Botany (in a flower ) an elongated axis that raises the stem of the pistil above the stamens. • (in a fungus ) the stem of the fruiting body. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek karpos ‘fruit ’ + -phore .

 

Oxford Dictionary

carpophore

carpophore |ˈkɑːpə (ʊ )fɔː | ▶noun Botany (in a flower ) an elongated axis that raises the stem of the pistil above the stamens. • (in a fungus ) the stem of the fruiting body. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek karpos ‘fruit ’ + -phore .