carpophore

/kahr-puh-fawr, -fohr/US // ˈkɑr pəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr //UK // (ˈkɑːpəˌfɔː) //

鲤鱼门,虫草,鲤鱼壳,鲤鱼座

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Botany.
- : a slender prolongation of the floral axis, bearing the carpels of some compound fruits, as in many plants of the parsley family.
- : Mycology. the fruiting body of the higher fungi.

The two carpels are close together, with their adjacent surfaces flattened, and are fixed to a central axis called the carpophore.
In some Borragineous flowers, such as Houndstongue, the gynobase runs up in the centre between the carpels into a carpophore.
Fruit (cremocarp) of Osmorrhiza; the two akene-like ripe carpels separating at maturity from a slender axis or carpophore.
Carpophore, the stalk or support of a pistil extending between its carpels, 113.
A Carpophore is a prolongation of receptacle or axis between the carpels and bearing them.