one of the one-seeded portions into which a schizocarp splits at maturity
mericarp in American English
(ˈmerɪˌkɑːrp)
noun
Botany
one of the carpels of a schizocarp
Word origin
[1825–35; meri- (comb. form of Gk merís part, portion) + -carp]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, electrolyte, individualism, self-help, spiritualism