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carpophore
[kahr-puh-fawr, -fohr]
noun
a slender prolongation of the floral axis, bearing the carpels of some compound fruits, as in many plants of the parsley family.
Mycology.the fruiting body of the higher fungi.
carpophore
/ ˈɑːəˌɔː /
noun
the central column surrounded by carpels in such flowers as the geranium
a spore-bearing structure in some of the higher fungi
carpophore
A fleshy, spore-producing body of basidiomycetes and ascomycetes. In common usage, the term mushroom is applied to carpophores that have a distinctive stipe and cap.
A slender stalk that supports each half of a dehisced fruit in many members of the parsley family.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of carpophore1
Example Sentences
The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
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