carpogenous

adjective

car·​pog·​e·​nous

variants or carpogenic

¦⸗⸗¦jenik

: producing fruit

—used of those cells of the procarp forming the carpogonium of red algae

Word History

Etymology

carp- entry 1 + -genous or -genic

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