Word Meanings - MERICARP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.

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• FRUIT
  The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. (more info) enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin 1. Whatever
• FRUITAGE
  1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton. 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
• FRUITIVE
  Eujoying; possessing. Boyle.
• FRUITION
  Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of fruition." Rogers. "Godlike fruition." Milton. Where I may have fruition of her love. Shak.
• FRUITLESS
  1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak. 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless
• FRUITERESS
  A woman who sells fruit.
• CARPEL; CARPELLUM
  A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.
• CARPELLARY
  Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.
• FRUITY
  Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful. Dickens.
• FRUITER
  A ship for carrying fruit.
• FRUITERY
  1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips. 2. A repository for fruit. Johnson.
• FRUITERER
  One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.
• FRUITFUL
  Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife. -- Fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Fruit"ful*ness, n. Be fruitful and multiply and replenish
• UMBELLIFEROUS
  Producing umbels. Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.
• CREMOCARP
  The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrott, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
• FRUITING
  Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.
• FRUITESTERE
  A fruiteress.
• UNFRUITFUL
  Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Un*fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*fruit"ful*ness, n.
• BREADFRUIT
  The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found
• ACARPELLOUS
  Having no carpels.
• GRAPE FRUIT
  The shaddock.
• MONOCARPELLARY
  Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond.
• OVERFRUITFUL
  Too fruitful.
• KEY FRUIT
  A samara.
• CREAM-FRUIT
  A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.
• TETRACARPEL
  Composed of four carpels.