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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Carpophore \Car"po*phore\, n. [Gr. karpo`s fruit + fe`rein to
   bear.] (Bot.)
   A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between
   the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

carpophore
    n 1: a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel