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Meaning of MERICARP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mer"i*carp\, n. [Gr. ? a part + ? fruit.] (Bot.)
One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See {Cremocarp}.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: One segment of a fruit that breaks at maturity into units derived from the individual carpels. Compare schizocarp.
 

 

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