carˈpocerite n. , [-cerite comb. form]

ˌcarpometaˈcarpal adj. , ‘relating to the carpus and metacarpus’.

carpoˈpedal adj. , , ‘relating to the hand and the foot’ (in carpopedal spasm ‘a term applied to the local convulsions which affect the hands and feet of children’).

carˈpopodite n. , ‘the fifth basal joint of the hinder antennæ of certain Arthropods’.

carpoˈgonium n. , [compare archegonium n.] Botany the female reproductive organ of Thallophytes which produces a sporocarp or spore-fruit.

carpoˈgonial adj. , relating to the carpogonium.

carˈpophagous adj. , [Greek -ϕαγος eating] Zoology fruit-eating.

ˈcarpophore n. , [Greek -ϕορος bearing, < ϕέρειν to bear] Botany a prolongation of the axis of a flower, raising the pistil above the stamens, as in Geraniaceæ and Umbelliferæ; also, in Thallophytes, the stalk of a sporocarp or spore-fruit.

ˈcarpophyll n. , [Greek ϕύλλον leaf] Botany ‘the modified leaf which by its folding produces a carpel’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

ˈcarpospore n. , [Greek σπόρος sowing, seed] Botany in Thallophytes, the spore formed in a sporocarp or spore-fruit.

carpoˈsporous adj. , applied to Algæ which produce sporecarps or spore-fruits with carpospores.