Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acarpous | sterile; not bearing fruit. |
| achaenium | a small one-seeded fruit; a naked seed. |
| achaenocarp | any dry indehiscent fruit. |
| achene | a small one-seeded fruit; a naked seed. |
| achenial | pertaining to an achene, a small one-seeded fruit. |
| achenium | a small one-seeded fruit; a naked seed. |
| achiote | (Nahuatl) the seeds of the annatto tree. |
| acinar | relating to an acinus, a berry which grows in clusters. |
| acinic | relating to an acinus, a berry which grows in clusters. |
| aciniform | shaped like cluster of grapes. |
| acinose | containing small seeds or drupes. |
| acinous | containing small seeds or drupes. |
| acinus | (Lat.) a berry which grows in clusters. |
| acrospire | the first real shoot developing in a germinating grain seed. |
| aecidial | relating to an aecidium, a cup-shaped fructification in rust fungi. |
| aecidium | (Lat.) a cup-shaped fructification in rust fungi. |
| aecium | (Lat.) a cup-shaped fructification in rust fungi. |
| akene | a small one-seeded fruit; a naked seed. |
| akenial | of or like an akene, a naked seed. |
| ala | an outgrowth on a fruit. |
| allocarpy | fruiting after cross-fertilization. |
| anatropy | the state of being anatropous, having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development. |
| andromonoecious | having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant. |
| anthocarp | a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple. |
| anthocarpous | of or like an anthocarp, a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple. |
| aril | an additional envelope, often fleshy, developed around the seed in certain plants (eg yew). |
| ariled | having an aril, a protective seed-coat. |
| arillary | having an aril, a protective seed-coat. |
| arillate | having an aril, a protective seed-coat. |
| arillated | having an aril, a protective seed-coat. |
| arilloid | like an aril, a protective seed-coat. |
| arillus | (Lat.) an additional envelope, often fleshy, developed around the seed in certain plants (eg yew). |
| ashkey | the winged fruit of the ash. |
| autocarp | a fruit produced by self-fertilization. |
| bacca | (Lat.) a berry. |
| bacciferous | bearing berries. |
| basidiocarp | the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics |
| beechmast | the nuts of a beech tree. |
| beechnut | the nut of the beech tree. |
| berry | a fleshy fruit which has no stony layer and usually contains many seeds; (verb) to collect berries. |
| berryfruit | a fruit in the form of a berry. |
| berryless | without berries. |
| berrylike | like a berry. |
| bonduc | (Arabic) the seed of a tropical leguminous tree, aka nicker or nickar. |
| bur | a kind of adhesive seed, as that of burdock. |
| burlike | like a bur. |
| cacoon | the large seed of a tropical climber of the mimosa family. |
| carpological | related to carpology. |
| carpologist | a student of carpology, the study of fruits and seeds. |
| carpology | the study of fruits and seeds. |
| caryopsis | (Greek) a dry indehiscent fruit characteristic of grasses. |
| catface | a deformity of fruit. |
| catfacing | a deformity of fruit. |
| chalaza | (Lat.) the base of the ovule. |
| chalazal | of or pertaining to the chalaza, the base of the ovule. |
| chalazogamic | relating to chalazogamy, the entry of the pollen tube through the chalaza. |
| chalazogamy | the entry of the pollen tube through the chalaza, as opposed to porogamy. |
| checkerberry | the fruit of various American plants, esp the wintergreen. |
| cleistogamic | relating to cleistogamy, the production of small inconspicuous closed self-pollinating flowers additional to and often more fruitful than showier ones on the same plant. |
| cleistogamous | relating to cleistogamy, the production of small inconspicuous closed self-pollinating flowers additional to and often more fruitful than showier ones on the same plant. |
| cleistogamously | (Adv.) CLEISTOGAMOUS, relaing to cleistogamy. |
| coccal | of or like a coccus, one of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. |
| coccic | of or like a coccus, one of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. |
| coccus | (Lat.) one of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. |
| comose | of seeds etc. hairy, downy. |
| comous | of seeds etc. hairy, downy. |
| conceptacle | (Obs.) a receptacle, a reproductive cavity. |
| cone | the typical flower (or fruit) or inflorescence of the Coniferae; (verb) to bear cones. |
| coniferous | bearing cones. |
| conker | a horse-chestnut. |
| cottonseed | the seed of the cotton plant, yielding a valuable oil. |
| coumarou | (Tupi) the seed of a tropical tree, aka tonka bean. |
| cremocarp | the characteristic fruit of the Umbelliferae. |
| cupule | a cup-shaped structure on the fruit of some trees, eg oak, beech, chestnut. |
| cypsela | (Lat.) the fruit of members of the daisy family. |
| cystocarp | the fructification in red seaweeds. |
| cystocarpic | relating to a cystocarp. |
| dicot | (Short for) a dicotyledon, a plant having two cotyledons, seed-leaves. |
| dicotyl | (Short for) a dicotyledon, a plant having two cotyledons, seed-leaves. |
| dicotyledon | a plant having two cotyledons, seed-leaves. |
| dicotyledonous | of or like a dicotyledon. |
| dispermous | having two seeds. |
| dividivi | (Carib) the curved pods of a small tropical American tree, used for tanning and dyeing. |
| drupe | a fleshy fruit in which the seed is encased within a hard stony layer. |
| drupel | a little drupe, forming part of a fruit. |
| drupelet | a little drupe, forming part of a fruit. |
| ektexine | an outer layer of the exine, the tough outer wall of a pollen grain. |
| endexine | an inner layer of the exine, the tough outer wall of a pollen grain. |
| endocarp | the inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary. |
| endocarpal | relating to an endocarp. |
| endocarpic | relating to an endocarp. |
| endopleura | the inner coating of a seed. |
| endosperm | in a seed, nutritive tissue formed from the embryo-sac. |
| endospermic | relating to the endosperm. |
| endozoic | having seeds dispersed by animals that swallow them. |
| entomophily | seed plants which are pollinated by insects are said to be entomophilous. |
| entozoal | having seeds dispersed by animals that swallow them. |
| entozoic | having seeds dispersed by animals that swallow them. |
| epicarp | the external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. |
| episperm | the skin or coat of a seed, esp the outer coat. |
| etaerio | an aggregated fruit, a group of achenes or drupels. |
| exine | the tough outer wall of a pollen grain. |
| exocarp | the outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. |
| extine | the tough outer wall of a pollen grain. |
| flaxseed | the seed of the flax, aka linseed. |
| follicle | a fruit which develops from a single ovary, dries out on ripening and splits on one side only to release its fruit. |
| folliculated | having follicles. |
| folliculous | like a follicle. |
| fructuation | coming to fruit or bearing of fruit. |
| fruitage | fruit collectively. |
| fruitlet | a small fruit. |
| fruitlike | like a fruit. |
| geocarpic | of fruit, ripening underground. |
| geocarpy | the production or ripening of fruit underground. |
| grapeseed | the seed of the vine. |
| grapestone | a seed of the grape. |
| gumnut | the woody fruit of the eucalyptus. |
| gymnospermous | having a naked seed. |
| gymnospermy | the state of being gymnospermous, having a naked seed. |
| hapaxanthic | monocarpous. |
| hapaxanthous | monocarpous. |
| hempseed | the seed of hemp. |
| heterocarpous | bearing fruit of more than kind. |
| hilar | belonging to the hilum, a mark where seed was attached to its stalk. |
| hymenophore | the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi. |
| hypanthial | of or like a hypanthium. |
| hypanthium | a fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the rose hip and the pear. |
| hypogeous | growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground, like a truffle. |
| ignatia | a medicinal seed. |
| jarina | the hard seed of a palm tree. |
| kernel | a seed with a hard shell (verb) to form kernels |
| kernelly | full of kernels; resembling a kernel. |
| legumin | a globulin obtained from peas, beans, lentils, etc. |
| leguminous | relating to pulse vegetables. |
| loculament | the cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged. |
| loment | a pod that breaks in pieces at constrictions between the seeds. |
| lomentum | (Lat.) the pod of certain leguminous plants, such as pea or bean. |
| mastful | abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance. |
| mawseed | the seed of the opium poppy. |
| mericarp | one carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. |
| mesocarp | the middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers. |
| monkeypot | the round-lidded outer shell of the sapucaia nut. |
| monocarpic | having only one ovary; producing one fruit. |
| monocarpous | having only one ovary; producing one fruit. |
| monogerm | of a fruit that produces a single plant. |
| monospermal | producing only one seed. |
| monospermous | producing only one seed. |
| monothalamic | of fruit, formed from a single flower. |
| multigerm | producing or being a fruit cluster capable of giving rise to several plants. |
| nickar | the round seed of a tropical tree, used for playing marbles. |
| nuciferous | nut-bearing. |
| pappus | (Lat.) a downy tuft on a plant seed. |
| parthenocarpic | relating to parthenocarpy. |
| parthenocarpous | relating to parthenocarpy. |
| parthenocarpy | fruit production without fertilization. |
| pectic | of, relating to, or derived from pectin. |
| pectin | a mixture of carbohydrates found in the cell walls of fruits, used for the setting of jams and jellies. |
| pectinous | of or like pectin. |
| pectose | a pectin-yielding substance contained in the fleshy pulp of unripe fruit. |
| peepe | (Shakesp.) a pip. |
| pericarp | the ripened ovary; the walls of a fruit. |
| pericarpial | relating to the pericarp. |
| pericarpic | relating to the pericarp. |
| perithecial | related to a perithecium, a small fruiting body containing ascospores. |
| pinecone | a cone-shaped fruit of a pine tree. |
| pipless | without pips. |
| pollinator | an agent that pollinates. |
| pomiculture | the growing of fruit. |
| pomological | relating to pomology. |
| pomologically | (Adv.) POMOLOGICAL, relating to pomology. |
| pomology | the study of fruit-growing. |
| porogamic | relating to porogamy, the fertilization of seed plants by the entry of a pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| porogamy | the fertilization of seed plants by the entry of a pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| pseudocarp | that portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig. |
| pseudocarpous | of or like a pseudocarp. |
| psyllium | (Lat.) the seed of a fleawort. |
| pumpkinseed | the seed of the pumpkin. |
| putamen | (Lat.) a fruit stone; a membrane lining an eggshell. |
| pyrene | a fruit-stone. |
| pyrenocarp | a perithecium, a small fruiting body containing ascospores. |
| rapeseed | the seed of rape, from which an oil is expressed. |
| regma | (Greek) a dry fruit formed of three or more cells which break open when ripe. |
| replum | (Lat.) a partition in a fruit formed by ingrowth of the placentas, as in Cruciferae. |
| rine | (Spenser) rind. |
| rowanberry | the berry of the rowan. |
| samara | (Lat.) a propeller-like winged fruit, as of ash, elm or maple. |
| sarcocarp | the fleshy part of a stone fruit. |
| schizocarp | a compound fruit splitting into several one-seeded ones, eg the winged seed pod of maple trees. |
| schizocarpic | of or like a schizocarp, a compound fruit splitting into several one-seeded ones. |
| schizocarpous | of or like a schizocarp, a compound fruit splitting into several one-seeded ones. |
| secundine | the second of the two integuments of an ovule. |
| seed | a multicellular structure by which flowering plants reproduce (verb) to plant seeds in |
| seedcase | the protective outer covering of a seed. |
| seedlike | resembling a seed. |
| seedling | a young plant. |
| seedpod | a type of seed vessel. |
| sexlocular | having six cells for seeds; as, a sexlocular pericarp. |
| silicle | a seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. |
| silicula | (Lat.) a seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. |
| silicule | a seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. |
| siliculose | pertaining to, or resembling, silicles. |
| siliqua | (Lat.) a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition. |
| siliquaceous | of or like a siliqua, a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition. |
| silique | (Lat.) a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition. |
| siliquose | relating to a siliqua, a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition. |
| siliquous | relating to a siliqua, a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition. |
| siphonogam | a plant reproducing by seed. |
| sorosis | (Greek) a fleshy fruit in which many flowers are united, as in pineapple. |
| spermatophyte | a seed plant. |
| spermatophytic | of or like a spermatophyte, a seed plant. |
| strobil | (Greek) a scaly spike of female flowers, as in the hop. |
| strobile | (Greek) a scaly spike of female flowers, as in the hop. |
| strobiline | of or pertaining to a strobile. |
| strobiloid | like a strobile, a scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants. |
| strobilus | (Greek) a scaly spike of female flowers, as in the hop. |
| syconium | (Greek) a form of fruit with ovaries on an enlarged receptacle. |
| syncarp | a fleshy fruit developing from several carpels. |
| syncarpous | bearing syncarps, fleshy fruit developing from several carpels. |
| synergid | one of two small cells lying near the egg in the mature embryo of a seed plant. |
| tegmen | (Lat.) the inner covering of a seed. |
| tegminal | relating to a tegmen, the inner covering of a seed. |
| tegumen | (Lat.) the inner covering of a seed. |
| testa | (Lat.) the hard external covering of a seed. |
| tetrarchic | having four xylem strands. |
| tickseed | a seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants. |
| tryma | (Greek) a kind of nutlike fruit, such as walnut. |
| vernalise | to cause (plants) to come to early maturity, esp by chilling seeds, bulbs etc. |
| vernalization | subjecting seeds to low temperatures to hasten plant development. |
| vernalize | to cause (plants) to come to early maturity, esp by chilling seeds, bulbs etc. |
| waxberry | the wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. |
| xenia | the effect on a hybrid strain produced by transferring pollen from one strain to the seed of another strain. |
| xerochasy | dehiscence on drying. |
| xylocarp | a hard and woody fruit. |