अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

of Carpus

of Carp

Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.

A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.

Of or pertaining to carpology.

One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.

That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.

Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.

A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.

A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]

A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.

A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.

of Carp

The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

See Carack.

Alt. of Carrigeen

The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.

See Caraway.