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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Carpophyte

/(kär"pō̇*līt)/ · Car·po·phyte · IPA
01 n. A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
  1. 1.
    A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.(Bot.)