cystocarp

English

Etymology

From cysto- +‎ -carp, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

Noun

cystocarp (plural cystocarps)

1. A minute vesicle in some seaweeds, containing the reproductive spores.

See also

• carposporophyte

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cystocarp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)