cystocarp
English
Etymology
From cysto- + -carp, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).
Noun
cystocarp (plural cystocarps)
- A minute vesicle in some seaweeds, containing the reproductive spores.
See also
- carposporophyte
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cystocarp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)