-carpic
suff.(后缀)
suff.(后缀)
- Variant of -carpous
-carpous的变体
-carpic
combining form in adjective
a variant of -carpous
-carpous or -carpic
combining form in adjective
(in botany) indicating a certain kind or number of fruit
⇒
apocarpous
Origin
from New Latin -carpus, from Greek karpos fruit-carpic
1
a combination of -carp and -ic used in the formation of adjectives from stems in -carp:
endocarpic.
Related Words
- holocarpic
- isocarpic
- polycarpic
-carpica termination of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -carp, as in endocarpic (endocarp).
[-carp + -ic]-carpic
adjective combining form
monocarpic
adjective combining form
ETYMOLOGY probably from New Latin -carpicus, from Greek karpos fruit
: -carpousmonocarpic
-carpic
adjective combining form
Etymology: probably from New Latin -carpicus, from Greek karpos fruit + Latin -icus -ic
: -carpous
< eucarpic >
< eucarpic >
-carpic
Suffix
- Alternative form of -carpous
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain”) + -ic.