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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: carpo- combining form - (in botany) indicating fruit or a reproductive structure that develops into part of the fruit
Etymology: from Greek karpos fruit WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Car•po (kär′pō),USA pronunciation n. - Mythologyan ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
carpo-1 ,- a combining form meaning "fruit,'' "fruiting body,'' used in the formation of compound words:carpophore; carpogonium.
- Greek karpo-, combining form of karpós fruit
carpo-2 ,- a combining form meaning "wrist,'' used in the formation of compound words:carpometacarpal.
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