Encarpa

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

  Encarpus \En*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? containing fruit; ? in
     + ? fruit; cf. L. encarpa, pl., Gr. ?.] (Arch.)
     An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of
     fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also {encarpa}.]
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