Blastocarpous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blastocarpous \Blas`to*car"pous\, a. [Gr. ? sprout, germ + ?
     fruit.] (Bot.)
     Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove. --Brande &
     C.
     [1913 Webster] Blastocoele
     blastocoel