noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A dry fruit that develops from multiple carpels and splits into multiple, one-seeded mericarps at maturity
2. 2
   a dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed wordnet

Synonyms

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dehiscent dry fruitdehiscent fruitsplit fruit

Antonyms

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indehiscent fruit

Etymology

From schizo- + -carp.