-carp

-carp

suff.

Fruit; part of a fruit; fruitlike structure: mesocarp.

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[New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos, fruit; see kerp- in Indo-European roots.]

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-carp

n combining form

(Botany) (in botany) fruit or a reproductive structure that develops into a particular part of the fruit: epicarp.

[from New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos fruit]

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carp¹

(kɑrp)

v.i.

1. to find fault; complain unreasonably; cavil.

n.

2. a peevish complaint.

[1200–50; Middle English: to speak, prate < Old Norse karpa to brag, wrangle]

carp′er, n.

carp²

(kɑrp)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) carp, (esp. for kinds or species) carps.

1. a large freshwater cyprinid fish, Cyprinus carpio, native to Asia but widely cultivated as a food fish.

2. any of various other fishes of the family Cyprinidae.

[1350–1400; < Middle French < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German]

-carp

a combining form occurring in words that denote a part of a fruit or fruiting body: endocarp.

[< New Latin -carpium < Greek -karpion, derivative of karpós fruit]

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