mericarpn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛrᵻkɑːp/, U.S.

/ˈmɛrəˌkɑrp/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek μερίς , -carp comb. form.

Etymology: Irregularly < ancient Greek μερίς part (see note s.v. mero- comb. form¹) + -carp comb. form, after post-classical Latin mericarpium ( A. P. de Candolle Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis(1830) IV. 55). Compare French méricarpe (1868 in Littré).

Botany.

Each of the one-seeded units into which a schizocarp separates at maturity, each unit forming a dry indehiscent fruit; esp. either of the halves of the fruit (cremocarp) of a plant of the family Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae) .

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > schizocarp > mericarp

mericarp1832

1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 179 M. de Candolle calls the half of the fruit of Umbelliferæ mericarp.

1864 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. ii. 176 The mericarps are popularly called ‘seeds’, as Caraway-seeds, &c.

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 841 The fruit of Erodium gruinum and other Geraniaceæ splits up into five mericarps.

1936 H. Gilbert-Carter Brit. Trees & Shrubs 178 Acer. Maple... Fruit of 2 mericarps, each bearing a lateral reticulate wing.

1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 670 Indehiscent fruits may eventually break into portions (fissile fruits), either into partial fruits or mericarps along the sutures of the carpels.., or across the carpels.

1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 156 In a schizocarp each segment (called a mericarp) is a single seeded carpel, as in the Apiaceae.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mericarp
释义	mericarpn. Brit. /ˈmɛrᵻkɑːp/, U.S. /ˈmɛrəˌkɑrp/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek μερίς , -carp comb. form. Etymology: Irregularly < ancient Greek μερίς part (see note s.v. mero- comb. form¹) + -carp comb. form, after post-classical Latin mericarpium ( A. P. de Candolle Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis(1830) IV. 55). Compare French méricarpe (1868 in Littré). Botany. Each of the one-seeded units into which a schizocarp separates at maturity, each unit forming a dry indehiscent fruit; esp. either of the halves of the fruit (cremocarp) of a plant of the family Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae) . ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > schizocarp > mericarp mericarp1832 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 179 M. de Candolle calls the half of the fruit of Umbelliferæ mericarp. 1864 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. ii. 176 The mericarps are popularly called ‘seeds’, as Caraway-seeds, &c. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 841 The fruit of Erodium gruinum and other Geraniaceæ splits up into five mericarps. 1936 H. Gilbert-Carter Brit. Trees & Shrubs 178 Acer. Maple... Fruit of 2 mericarps, each bearing a lateral reticulate wing. 1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 670 Indehiscent fruits may eventually break into portions (fissile fruits), either into partial fruits or mericarps along the sutures of the carpels.., or across the carpels. 1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 156 In a schizocarp each segment (called a mericarp) is a single seeded carpel, as in the Apiaceae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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