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What does -carpous mean?

The combining form -carpous is used like a suffix meaning “fruited,” “having fruit, fruiting bodies, or carpels of a given sort.” It is often used in scientific terms, especially in botany.The form -carpous comes from the Greek �첹����ó��, meaning “fruit.” The word carpel also ultimately derives from the Greek �첹����ó��. A carpel is a simple pistil, which comprises the female organs of a flower—the parts that bear seeds.Equivalent to -carpous is -carpic. So, eucarpous can also be spelled as eucarpic; they both still mean the same thing. The combining form -carpic is used to form adjectives of words ending in -carp.All of these forms bear a lot of lexical “fruit,” but what’s the difference between them? Read Our 51�Թ�s That use -carpic and -carp articles to find out.