Carpophore
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noun.
A slender stalk that supports each half of a dehisced fruit in many members of the parsley family.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In
botany
, the prolongation of the floral axis which bears the carpels of some compound fruits, as in
Geranium
and many
Umbelliferæ.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A thin
stalk
that raises the
pistil
above the
stamens
in some
Umbelliferae
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noun.
a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel
Hypernym
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stalk
stem