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carpophore

carpophore noun: a thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.

Noun

carpophore (plural carpophores)

  1. A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.
  2. The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi.

carpophore meaning in Tamil

carpophore in Tamil

கனிக்காம்பு, கார்ப்போஃபோர்

Forms of carpophore

pluralcarpophores

Origin of carpophore

From carpo- + -phore.

Questions about carpophore

What does carpophore mean?
Carpophore means a thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.
What is carpophore in Tamil?
Carpophore in Tamil is கனிக்காம்பு, கார்ப்போஃபோர். See Carpophore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carpophore?
Carpophore is a noun.
What is the plural of carpophore?
The plural of carpophore is carpophores.

Words near carpophore in the dictionary

  1. carpooling
  2. carpools
  3. carpopedal
  4. carpophagous
  5. carpophagy
  6. carpophore
  7. carpophores
  8. carpophyl
  9. carpophyll
  10. carpophylls
  11. carpophyls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carpophore (page history and authors); carpophore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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