MERICARP

mericarp

(noun) a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mericarp (plural mericarps)

(botany) An individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed

Anagrams

• crampier

Source: Wiktionary


Mer"i*carp, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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