schizocarps
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005655
Literally, splitting fruit. A dry compound fruit, as in the mallow family, splitting up at maturity into several indehiscent 1-seeded carpels (mericarps); the peculiar dry twin-fruit of umbellifer, or parsnip family (cremocarp) is a form of schizocarp.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-005655 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Animals, Livestock, One Health |
| Synonyms | carcerule; cremocarp; lomentum; regma |
| References | Glossary of Botanical Terms, USDA; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | fruits |
| Translations | Spanish: esquizocarpios |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-005655",
"term": "schizocarps",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "Literally, splitting fruit. A dry compound fruit, as in the mallow family, splitting up at maturity into several indehiscent 1-seeded carpels (mericarps); the peculiar dry twin-fruit of umbellifer, or parsnip family (cremocarp) is a form of schizocarp.",
"synonyms": [
"carcerule",
"cremocarp",
"lomentum",
"regma"
],
"subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
"see_also": [
"fruits"
],
"references": [
"Glossary of Botanical Terms, USDA",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "esquizocarpios"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/schizocarps/"
}
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