Etymology

cystocarp

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Today it means: A minute vesicle in some seaweeds, containing the reproductive carpospores. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κύστις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύστις“bladder”
  2. English todaycystocarp

From cysto- + -carp, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκύστις all →

cysticcystcystinecystoceleadenocysticcysticercus

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