| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| -carpous or -carpic | |
| —adj combining form | |
| (in botany) indicating a certain kind or number of fruit: apocarpous | |
| [from New Latin -carpus, from Greek karpos fruit] | |
| -carpic or -carpic | |
| —adj combining form | |
| [from New Latin -carpus, from Greek karpos fruit] | |