Associations to the word «Schizocarp»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

SCHIZOCARP, noun. (botany) A dry fruit that develops from multiple carpels and splits into multiple, one-seeded mericarps at maturity

Dictionary definition

SCHIZOCARP, noun. A dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats