regmacarp

Meaning

Noun

  • A fruit which, when mature, splits open to release its seeds; a dehiscent fruit.

Origin

  • (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-), modelled after schizocarp. The word was probably (1844–1889): see the 1871 article from the journal Nature quoted below.

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