-carp
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Fruit; part of a fruit; fruitlike structure:
 果实;部分果实;似果实的结构:
 mesocarp.
 中果皮
语源
- New Latin -carpium 
 现代拉丁语 -carpium
- from Greek -karpion 
 源自 希腊语 -karpion
- from karpos [fruit] * see  kerp- 
 源自 karpos [水果] *参见 kerp-
-carp
combining form in countable noun
(in botany) fruit or a reproductive structure that develops into a particular part of the fruit
⇒ 
epicarp
Origin
from New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos fruit-carp
Word Origin
1 
a combining form occurring in compounds that denote a part of a fruit or fruiting body:
endocarp.
Origin
< New Latin -carpium < Greek -karpion, derivative of karpós fruit
Related Words
- -carpic
- angiocarp
- apocarp
- archicarp
- ascocarp
- basidiocarp
-carpa word element forming a noun termination meaning 'fruit', used in botanical terms, as endocarp.
[combining form representing Greek karpos]-carp
noun combining form
mesocarp
: fruit
schizocarp
noun combining form
 ETYMOLOGY  New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos
: part of a fruitmesocarp
: fruit
schizocarp
-carp
fruit:
fruit:
pericarp, acrocarp
-carp
\ˌkärp, ˌkȧp\  noun combining form 
also -car·pi·um\ˈkärpēəm, -ȧp-\ 
(plural -carps \-ps\ ; also -car·pia \-pēə\) 
Etymology: New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos fruit 
1. : part of a fruit 
< pericarp >
: fruit
< schizocarp >
< amphicarpium >
2.[New Latin -carpus, from Greek -karpos -carpous, from karpos]   : plant having fruit (in a specified place) 
< acrocarp >
< pleurocarp >
also -car·pi·um
1.
< pericarp >
: fruit
< schizocarp >
< amphicarpium >
2.
< acrocarp >
< pleurocarp >
-carp
Suffix
- part of a fruit or fruiting body
Derived terms
 English words suffixed with -carp