-carpsuff. Fruit; part of a fruit; fruitlike structure: mesocarp.[New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos, fruit; see kerp- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-carp n combining form (Botany) (in botany) fruit or a reproductive structure that develops into a particular part of the fruit: epicarp. [from New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos fruit]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014carp1 (k?rp) v.i. 1. to find fault; complain unreasonably; cavil. n. 2. a peevish complaint. [1200?50; Middle English: to speak, prate