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-carpous

-carpous suffix: having a specified number or type of fruit or fruiting bodies or part thereof.

Suffix

-carpous

  1. Having a specified number or type of fruit or fruiting bodies or part thereof.

Forms of -carpous

alternative form-carpic

Origin of -carpous

From -carp + -ous. From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain”).

Questions about -carpous

What does -carpous mean?
-carpous means having a specified number or type of fruit or fruiting bodies or part thereof.
What part of speech is -carpous?
-carpous is a suffix.

Words near -carpous in the dictionary

  1. -cardia
  2. -care
  3. -carnil
  4. -carp
  5. -carpic
  6. -carpous
  7. -carps
  8. -cast
  9. -cation
  10. -cavir
  11. -cc

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