procarpn.
/ˈprəʊkɑːp/, U.S. /ˈproʊˌkɑrp/ Botany and Mycology.
In certain red algae: a compact female reproductive structure consisting of one or more carpogonial branches with associated supporting and auxiliary cells. Also: a similar structure in ascomycete fungi (rare).
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archegonium1854
pistillidium1854
oogonium1867
trichogyne1875
procarp1877
venter1887
1877 Harper's Mag. Oct. 794/1 The writer gives an account of the procarp and cystocarp in several species [of red sea-weeds].
1915 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 2 318 He [sc. De Bary] was inclined to the view that the procarps of the two groups pointed to the origin of the Ascomycetes from the Rhodophyceae!
1920 Bot. Gaz. 69 343 The generative hyphae largely fill the upper portions of the cap, and the procarps arise as branches from these hyphae.
1995 C. van den Hoek et al. Algae v. 91/1 It [sc. the auxiliary cell] is formed by the daughter cell of the supporting cell and this, together with the supporting cell itself, the auxiliary cell and the carpogonial branch, form the procarp.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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