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Pea :: Pea (n.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod..

Carpel :: Carpel (n.) Alt. of Carpellu.

Sorema :: Sorema (n.) A heap of carpels belonging to one flower.

Ingrain :: Ingrain (n.) An ingrain fabric, as a carpet..

Basigynium :: Basigynium (n.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore..

Carpale :: Carpale (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.

Heterocarpism :: Heterocarpism (n.) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpaea, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground..

Carping :: Carping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Car.

Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule..

Pleurocarp :: Pleurocarp (n.) Any pleurocarpic moss.

Epicarp :: Epicarp () The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

Esplanade :: Esplanade (n.) The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country..

Goldfish :: Goldfish (n.) A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope..

Caryopsis :: Caryopsis (n.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc..

Gymnocarpous :: Gymnocarpous (a.) Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the perianth..

Rosefinch :: Rosefinch (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red..

Polycarpous :: Polycarpous (a.) Having several pistils in one flower.

Sycite :: Sychnocarpous (a.) Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants..

Capsule :: Capsule (n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc..

Carphology :: Carphology (n.) See Floccillation.

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