cardiocarpon

noun

car·​dio·​car·​pon

variants or less commonly cardiocarpum

-pəm

plural -s

: any of certain nutlike fruits or seeds of plants of the fossil genus Cordaites

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cardi- + -carpon, -carpum (from Greek karpos fruit)

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