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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The female reproductive organ of ascomycetous fungi.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The female organ in certain of the lower cryptogams, which after fertilization develops asci. Also called
carpogonium and archicarp.
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