Lithocarp :: Lithocarp (n.) Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.

Mericarp :: Mericarp (n.) One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.

Mesocarp :: Mesocarp (n.) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers.

Metacarpal :: Metacarpal (a.) Of or pertaining to the metacarpus.

Metacarpal :: Metacarpal (n.) A metacarpal bone.

Metacarpus :: Metacarpus (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

Monocarp :: Monocarp (n.) A monocarpic plant.

Monocarpellary :: Monocarpellary (a.) Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond..

Monocarpic :: Monocarpic (a.) Alt. of Monocarpou.

Monocarpous :: Monocarpous (a.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc..

Pachycarpous :: Pachycarpous (a.) Having the pericarp thick.

Pericarp :: Pericarp (n.) The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume..

Pericarpial :: Pericarpial (a.) Alt. of Pericarpi.

Pericarpic :: Pericarpic (a.) Of or pertaining to a pericarp.

Phanerocarpae :: Phanerocarpae (n. pl.) Same as Acraspeda.

Phylactocarp :: Phylactocarp (n.) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.

Pilocarpine :: Pilocarpine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.

Pleurocarp :: Pleurocarp (n.) Any pleurocarpic moss.

Pleurocarpic :: Pleurocarpic (a.) Alt. of Pleurocarpou.

Pleurocarpous :: Pleurocarpous (a.) Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to acrocarpous.

Podocarp :: Podocarp (n.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit..

Polycarpellary :: Polycarpellary (a.) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange.

Polycarpic :: Polycarpic (a.) Alt. of Polycarpou.

Polycarpous :: Polycarpous (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year..

Polycarpous :: Polycarpous (a.) Having several pistils in one flower.

Pseudocarp :: Pseudocarp (n.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig..

Regmacarp :: Regmacarp (n.) Any dry dehiscent fruit.

Rhizocarpous :: Rhizocarpous (a.) Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; -- said of all perennial herbs..

Sarcocarp :: Sarcocarp (n.) The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp..

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter..

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