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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] containing fruit; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] fruit; cf. L.

encarpa

, pl., Gr. [GREEK].]

(Arch.)

An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.

[Written also

encarpa