What is "carpophore"

Carpophore \Car"po*phore\, n. [Gr. karpo`s fruit + fe`rein to bear.] (Bot.) A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.

n. 1 (context botany English) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants 2 (context mycology English) The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi

n. a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel