carpogenous

carpogenous
  a. fruit-producing.
   ♦ carpolith,
   ♦ carpolite, n. fossil fruit or seed.
   ♦ carpology, n. study of fruit structure.
   ♦ carpophagous, a. feeding on fruit.

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