carpogenous (karpojenus)

[As carpogenic +-ous.] Same as carpogenic. One or more of the cells termed carpogenous cells divide. Encyc. Brit., XX. 425. carpogon, carpogone (kärpō-gon, -gōn), n. Same as carpogonium. carpogonium (kär-pō-gō'ni-um), n.; pl. carpo gonia (-a). [NL., Gr. καρπός, fruit, + -γονος, producing: see- gony.] In bot., the female or gan in the Carposporeæ; the cell, or system of cells, which after fertilization produces the sex ual spores in whatever manner; in Floridee, the carpogenic cell or system; the procarp. The term is most properly used of Florideæ, which are the typical Carposporeæ. car polite (kär'po-lit), n. [= F. car pol i the = Sp. car pol i to = Pg. carpolithos, Gr. καρπός, fruit, + λίθος, stone.] A fo il fruit. Also carpolith.