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carpodium

carpodium noun: an abortive carpel, as in Typha.

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
    • […] ovary and ovule are imperfectly developed or modified into a carpodium with a short style but lacking the expanded stigma of the fertile flower.1982, The Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, page 4

Forms of carpodium

pluralcarpodia

Questions about carpodium

What does carpodium mean?
Carpodium means an abortive carpel, as in Typha.
What part of speech is carpodium?
Carpodium is a noun.
What is the plural of carpodium?
The plural of carpodium is carpodia.

Words near carpodium in the dictionary

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

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