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pseudocarp

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English

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Etymology

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From pseudo- +‎ -carp.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pseu‧do‧carp

Noun

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pseudocarp (plural pseudocarps)

  1. (botany) The portion of an anthocarpous fruit that is not derived from the ovary, such as the soft part of a strawberry or fig.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 pseudocarp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)