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encarpus

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en⋅car⋅pus

  [en-kahr-puhs]
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–noun, plural -pi  [-pahy] .
an ornament having draperies, weapons, etc., arranged in the manner of a festoon.
Origin:
< Gk énkarpos containing fruit (see en- 2 , -carpous ); r. encarpe < Gk énkarpa, neut. pl. of énkarpos
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