Mericarp

2 definitions found

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

  Mericarp \Mer"i*carp\, n. [Gr. me`ros a part + karpo`s fruit.]
     (Bot.)
     One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See {Cremocarp}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  mericarp
       n : a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at
           maturity