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carpodia

carpodia is the plural of carpodium.

Meaning of carpodium

Noun

carpodium (plural carpodia)

  1. An abortive carpel, as in Typha.
    • […] the carpodia occupy the central position which is normal for the pistil, but quite often two or three abortive female flowers occur adjacent to one another and become more or less fused together.1939, Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, page 84

Questions about carpodia

What is carpodia the plural of?
Carpodia is the plural of carpodium.

Words near carpodia in the dictionary

  1. carpocephala
  2. carpocephalum
  3. Carpocratian
  4. Carpocratians
  5. carpodermis
  6. carpodia
  7. carpodium
  8. carpofen
  9. carpogenic
  10. carpogenically
  11. carpogone

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