podocarpium

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noun

In certain members of the Podocarpaceae, a group of fleshy fused bracts beneath the female cone that swell to enclose the developing seeds and attract frugivores.

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Meanings

nounpodocarpium (plural podocarpia)

plural podocarpia

  1. biologyIn certain members of the Podocarpaceae, a group of fleshy fused bracts beneath the female cone that swell to enclose the developing seeds and attract frugivores.

    The laminae of these bracts are reduced so that only very short leaf tips are present. Whereas the podocarpium of the mature cone of P. elongatus and P. latifolius is always fleshy […]

    1975, Boissiera, volume 24, page 137

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Anagrams

carpopodium
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