Bot. [f. CYSTO- + Gr. καρπός fruit.] The sexual fruit of the Florideæ, a group of Algæ; also called CRYPTOCARP. Hence Cystocarpic a.
1875. Bennett & Dyer, trans. Sachs’ Bot., 213. The receptacle, here termed the Cystocarp. Ibid., 235. The cystocarps consist of branches formed of only one or two cells.
1889. Athenæum, 14 Dec., 826. The specimen exhibited [Gracilaria divergens] possessed tetrasporic and cystocarpic fruits.
