Regmacarp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɛɡməkɑːp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Regmacarp is a noun meaning (botany, obsolete, rare) A fruit which, when mature, splits open to release its seeds; a dehiscent fruit.
Meaning
(botany, obsolete, rare) A fruit which, when mature, splits open to release its seeds; a dehiscent fruit.
Example Sentences
Dr. Master's [i.e., Maxwell T. Masters'] modification of [Alexander] Dickson's and [William Ramsay] McNab's classification of simple fruits, as to primary kinds, is into 1. Nuts, or Achænocarps, dry and indehiscent; 2. Pods, or Regmacarps, dry, dehiscent; 3. Stone-fruits, or Pyrenocarps, fleshy without, indurated within, indehiscent; 4. Berries, or Sarcocarps, fleshy throughout, indehiscent.
Word Forms
- regmacarps
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include regma, schizocarp, syncarp, mericarp, fruitcase, sarcocarp.
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