Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fruit, as that of the Umbelliferæ, consisting of two or more indehiscent, inferior, one-seeded carpels, separating at maturity from each other and from the slender axis. Also called
carpadelium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
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- noun botany The
fruit offennel ,carrot ,parsnip , etc., consisting of a pair ofcarpels pendent from a supportingaxis .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "hanging fruit".
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The officinal part of the plant is the fruit, which consists of two united carpels, called a cremocarp.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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