Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That division of botany which relates to the structure of fruits in general.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.
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- noun the study of the
structure ofseeds andfruit
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pomology is about the fruits we eat; carpology studies the fruits that all flowering plants bear, whether eaten or not.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Pomology is about the fruits we eat; carpology studies the fruits that all flowering plants bear, whether eaten or not.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Pomology is about the fruits we eat; carpology studies the fruits that all flowering plants bear, whether eaten or not.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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-- I have _carpology_, 'said he (the use of the technical term showing how clear and accurate his mental processes were even now).
Gobseck Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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I have carpology,’ said he (the use of the technical term showing how clear and accurate his mental processes were even now).
Gobseck 2007
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I have carpology,’ said he (the use of the technical term showing how clear and accurate his mental processes were even now).
Gobseck 2007
trivet commented on the word carpology
Not a branch of icthyology, but the study of seeds and nuts.
March 6, 2007