car·po·phore (kär p -fôr , -f r)n. A slender stalk that supports each half of a dehisced fruit in many members of the parsley family. |
carpophore [ˈkɑːpəˌfɔː]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the central column surrounded by carpels in such flowers as the geranium
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a spore-bearing structure in some of the higher fungi
| carpophore (kärp-fôr) 1. A fleshy, spore-producing body of basidiomycetes and ascomycetes. In common usage, the term mushroom is applied to carpophores that have a distinctive stipe and cap. 2. A slender stalk that supports each half of a dehisced fruit in many members of the parsley family. |
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