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Definition: MERICARP

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity.[Wordnet]
2. One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Mericarp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Mericarp \Mer"i*carp\, noun. [Greek expression part fruit.]. (references)

Definition: MERICARP

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity.[Wordnet]
2. One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "MERICARP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Mericarp \Mer"i*carp\, noun. [Greek expression part fruit.]. (references)