n. The fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, etc., consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A fruit, as that of the Umbelliferæ, consisting of two or more indehiscent, inferior, one-seeded carpels, separating at maturity from each other and from the slender axis. Also called carpadelium.