pleurocarp etymology

English word pleurocarp comes from English -carp (Part of a fruit or fruiting body.), English pleuro- ((medicine) of the pleura. To the side; lateral.)

Detailed word origin of pleurocarp

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-carp English (eng) Part of a fruit or fruiting body.
pleuro- English (eng) (medicine) of the pleura. To the side; lateral.
pleurocarp English (eng) (botany) Any pleurocarpic moss.

Words with the same origin as pleurocarp

Descendants of -carp
acanthocarpous acrocarpous angiocarp anthocarp anthocarpous apocarpous ascocarp basidiocarp endocarp heterocarpous lithocarp mesocarp monocarp parthenocarpic plasmodiocarp polycarpic polycarpous rhizocarpous sarcocarp sporocarp subapocarpous syncarpous xylocarp xylocarpous
Descendants of pleuro-
pleurenchyma pleurobranch pleurocentrum pleurodont pleurodynia pleurolith pleuropedal pleuropericardial pleuroperipneumony pleuroperitoneal pleuroperitoneum pleuropneumonia pleuropulmonary pleurosteon pleurotomy