carpellody

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noun

A plant disorder, resulting in misshapen fruits, caused by abnormal development of the ovule-bearing part of the flower in angiosperms.

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nouncarpellody (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA plant disorder, resulting in misshapen fruits, caused by abnormal development of the ovule-bearing part of the flower in angiosperms.

    Furthermore, the phenotypic features of the carpelloid stamen materials were similar to the carpellody of stamens in B.

    2015 September 26, “Organelle Simple Sequence Repeat Markers Help to Distinguish Carpelloid Stamen and Normal Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Sources in Broccoli”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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