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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. anatomy and morphology
  4. plant anatomy
  5. fruits
  6. schizocarps
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. anatomy and morphology
  4. plant anatomy
  5. fruits
  6. schizocarps
  1. Fields of Study
  2. botany
  3. plant biology
  4. plant anatomy
  5. fruits
  6. schizocarps
  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. botany
  3. plant biology
  4. plant anatomy
  5. fruits
  6. schizocarps

Preferred term

schizocarps

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Glossary of Botanical Terms, USDA

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • carcerule
  • cremocarp
  • lomentum
  • regma

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/186325

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