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Carpophore
A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.
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noun
- 1
A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.
- 2
The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| carpophyllnoun | (botany) Synonym of carpel. |
| gonophorenoun | (zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid. |
| carpelnoun | (botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil: the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together. |
| carpophytenoun | (botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization. |
| gynophorenoun | (botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea and Brachychiton), which supports the gynoecium. |
| pedicelnoun | (botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster. |
| stylenoun | Senses relating to a thin, pointed object. |
| carpospherenoun | (botany) A phyllosphere of fruits |
| filamentnoun | A fine thread or wire. |
| stylulusnoun | (botany) The elongated apex of a free carpel which functions like the style of a syncarpous ovary, allowing pollen tubes from its stigma to enter the locule of only that carpel. |
| archegoniophorenoun | (botany) The stalk of a prothallium that carries the archegonia |
| carposporenoun | A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae. |
| carposporophytenoun | An algal sporophyte that is part of a sporocarp |
| carpopodiumnoun | (botany) A receptacular elongation of the base of the gynoecium |
| pistillodenoun | (botany) A sterile pistil in a male flower. |
| hydrophorenoun | A tank used to provide water pressure. |
| carposporangiumnoun | (biology) A sporangium (that contains carpospores) in red algae, a cluster of which forms the cystocarp |
| anthophorenoun | (botany) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the pink family. |
| podospermnoun | (botany) The stalk of a seed or ovule. |
| carpoxenianoun | (botany) The effect of pollen on the tissue of the carpel |
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