carpocephalum

noun

car·​po·​ceph·​a·​lum

plural carpocephala

-lə

: the sporogonial receptacle in certain liverworts (as members of the genus Marchantia)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from carp- entry 1 + cephal- + -um

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