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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PSEUDOCARP

Pseu "do *carp, n. Etym: [Pseudo- + Gr. (Bot. )

 

Defn: That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pseudocarp

pseu do carp |ˈso͞odōˌkärp ˈsudoʊˌkɑrp | ▶noun technical term for false fruit. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from pseudo- ‘false ’ + Greek karpos ‘fruit. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pseudocarp

pseudo |carp |ˈsjuːdə (ʊ )kɑːp | ▶noun technical term for false fruit. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from pseudo- ‘false ’ + Greek karpos ‘fruit ’.