angiocarpous

Term: angiocarpous

Literally meaning: “fruit in vessel”

Origin: Anc Greek

αγγείο/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > άγγος/aggos(=tube)

καρπός/carpos(=fruit, grain)

Coined/History

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Definition

Angiocapous is the fruit  partially or wholly enclosed in a shell, or husk. In certain lichens and fungus angiocarpus is referred to seeds and spores immersed or enclosed in the thallus.