-carpcomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -carpium.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin -carpium (in e.g. pericarpium pericarpium n.²) < ancient Greek -κάρπιον (in περικάρπιον pericarpium n.²) < καρπός fruit (see carpo- comb. form²) + -ιον , neuter of -ιος , suffix forming adjectives. Compare scientific Latin -carpus (in e.g. akenocarpus achaenocarp n.), French -carpe . Compare -carpous comb. form.Earliest in the 18th cent. in the Latin borrowing pericarp n., which provided the model for further formations in sense 1 in the 19th cent. Formations in sense 2 are also found from the 19th cent.

Chiefly Botany.

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1. Forming nouns denoting fruit and seed pod structures of the type specified by the first element, as hemicarp n. and mericarp n.

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2. Forming nouns denoting types of plant, classified according to the nature of their fruit, as monocarp n.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-carp
释义	-carpcomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -carpium. Etymology: < post-classical Latin -carpium (in e.g. pericarpium pericarpium n.²) < ancient Greek -κάρπιον (in περικάρπιον pericarpium n.²) < καρπός fruit (see carpo- comb. form²) + -ιον , neuter of -ιος , suffix forming adjectives. Compare scientific Latin -carpus (in e.g. akenocarpus achaenocarp n.), French -carpe . Compare -carpous comb. form.Earliest in the 18th cent. in the Latin borrowing pericarp n., which provided the model for further formations in sense 1 in the 19th cent. Formations in sense 2 are also found from the 19th cent. Chiefly Botany. Categories » 1. Forming nouns denoting fruit and seed pod structures of the type specified by the first element, as hemicarp n. and mericarp n. Categories » 2. Forming nouns denoting types of plant, classified according to the nature of their fruit, as monocarp n. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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