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regmacarp

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡməkɑːp/

The English word “regmacarp” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A fruit which, when mature, splits open to release its seeds; a dehiscent fruit.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥῆγμα (rhêgma, “something broken or rent asunder; a breach, cleft, fracture”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”)) + English -carp (suffix meaning ‘part of a fruit or fruiting body’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to harvest; to pluck”)), modelled after schizocarp. The word was probably coined by the Scottish physician and botanist…

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