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car•po•phore
(kär′pə fôr′, -fōr′),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]
- Botanya slender prolongation of the floral axis, bearing the carpels of some compound fruits, as in many plants of the parsley family.
- Fungi[Mycol.]the fruiting body of the higher fungi.
- carpo-1 + -phore 1865–70
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