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CARPOPHORE
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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
Sense 1
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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