Defn: Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.
CARPOPHORE
Car"po*phore, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
CARPOPHYLL
Car"po*phyll, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel.
Note: [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]
CARPOPHYTE
Car"po*phyte, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
Note: The division of alge and fungi into four classes called
Carpophytes, Oöphytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes (or Carposporeæ,
Oösporeæ, Protophyta, and Zygosporeæ) was proposed by Sachs about
1875.
CARPOSPORE
Car"po*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. -spore.] (Bot.)