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Meaning of APOCARPOUS

Pronunciation:  `apu'kârpus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
 
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 Antonyms: syncarpous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ap`o*car"pous\, a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.)
Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a
compound pistil; -- opposed to {syncarpous}. --Lindley.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Of a gynoecium: consisting of two or more carpels which are free from one another or almost so.
 

 

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