Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fossil fruit. Also carpolith.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dated A fossil fruit, nut, or seed.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek καρπός ("fruit") + -lite; compare French carpolithe.

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