Carpophore

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.
  2. 2
    a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel wordnet
  3. 3
    The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi.

Etymology

From carpo- + -phore.

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