mericarp
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Noun (1)
- a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturityType of carpel
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mer′i·carp noun
Origin: Gr. μέρος a part + καρπός fruit.
Botany One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54