pseudocarp

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Adjective, Noun
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pseu=do=carp

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pseudocarp has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

pseudocarp, n. [Pseudo- + Gr. fruit.].
     That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pseudocarp, n. a fruit formed from parts other than the ovary, e.g. the strawberry or fig.

Etymology
PSEUDO- + Gk karpos fruit

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