carpo-, carp-, -carp, -carpic, -carpium, -carpous, -carpus (fruit)

(Greek: fruit [or similar reproductive result]; to cut, to pluck)

Don't confuse this carpo- unit with other unrelated "carpo- units":

Latin carpo- meaning "pluck, pick out";

Greek carpo- meaning "wrist".

endocarp
epicarp
geocarpic (adjective) (not comparable)
Pertaining to fruit maturing underground as a result of the young fruit being pushed underground by curvature of a stalk after fertilization: An example of a geocarpic fruit is the peanut, one of very few such geocarpic plants!
geocarpy (s) (noun) (no pl)
The production, or ripening, of fruits underground: Besides peanuts, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginger go through the process of geocarpy
mericarp
mesocarp
1. The middle layer of the pericarp (part of a fruit that surrounds the seed or seeds, including the skin, flesh, and, in some fruits, the core) of a fruit or ripened ovary; such as, the fleshy part of a peach or plum.
2. The fleshy, middle portion of the wall of a succulent (juicy and pleasant to the taste) fruit between the skin and the stony (seed) layer.
monocarpic
monocarpous
pericarp
1. The wall of a ripened ovary; fruit wall.
2. A membranous structure surrounding the cystocarp of red algae.
3. The walls of a ripened ovary or fruit, sometimes consisting of three layers, the epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp.
schizocarp
1. A dry fruit that splits at maturity into two or more closed, one-seeded parts, as in the carrot or mallow.
2. A dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
syncarp