Relating to or describing the cystocarp, the spore-bearing structure found in red algae.
From cystocarp + English suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to'; this adjectival form allows botanists to describe structures and processes involving the cystocarp.
When marine biologists study red algae using the term 'cystocarpic development,' they're describing an alien-looking reproductive process that looks nothing like how ferns or flowering plants make spores.
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