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Webster 1913 Edition

Mericarp

Mer′i-carp

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Noun.

[Gr.

μέροσ

a part +

καρπόσ

fruit.]

(Bot.)

One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See

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Definition 2024

mericarp

mericarp

English

Noun

mericarp ‎(plural mericarps)

(botany) An individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed

Translations

an individual carpel of a schizocarp

Finnish: hedelmys
Italian: mericarpo m

Spanish: mericarpo m