Definitions
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- noun (Bot.) A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See
Illust. ofgymnospermous .]
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- noun botany A
leaf converted into afruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; acarpel .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek fruit + leaf.
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