Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the two achenium-like carpels which constitute the fruit of the Umbelliferæ. Also
mericarp .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany One portion of a
fruit thatspontaneously divides intohalves .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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