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mericarp

mericarp noun: an individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed.

Noun

mericarp (plural mericarps)

  1. An individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed

Forms of mericarp

pluralmericarps

Origin of mericarp

From mero- + -carp.

Questions about mericarp

What does mericarp mean?
Mericarp means an individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed.
What part of speech is mericarp?
Mericarp is a noun.
What is the plural of mericarp?
The plural of mericarp is mericarps.

Words near mericarp in the dictionary

  1. Meriahs
  2. Meriam
  3. Meriams
  4. meribendan
  5. Merica
  6. mericarp
  7. mericarpal
  8. mericarpia
  9. mericarpic
  10. mericarpium
  11. mericarpous

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