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CARPOPHORE

Dictionary entry overview: What does carpophore mean?

• CARPOPHORE (noun)
The noun CARPOPHORE has 1 sense:

1. a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel

Familiarity information: CARPOPHORE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CARPOPHORE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("carpophore" is a kind of...):

stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)

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