Note: Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some plants of longer duration, as the century plant. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
monocarpous — pəs adjective Etymology: New Latin monocarpus, from mon + carpus carpous : having a single ovary a monocarpous gynoecium especially : monocarpellary … Useful english dictionary
monocarpous — /mon euh kahr peuhs/, adj. Bot. 1. having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary. 2. monocarpic. [1725 35; MONO + CARPOUS] * * * … Universalium
monocarpous — mono·car·pous … English syllables
monocarpous — /mɒnoʊˈkapəs/ (say monoh kahpuhs) adjective 1. having a gynoecium which forms only a single ovary. 2. monocarpic …
monocarpous plant — noun a plant that bears fruit once and dies • Syn: ↑monocarp, ↑monocarpic plant • Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life … Useful english dictionary
Monocarpic — Mon o*car pic, Monocarpous Mon o*car pous, a. [Mono + Gr. ? fruit: cf. F. monocarpe.] (Bot.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gynoecium — A gynoecium (from Ancient Greek gyne , woman ) is the female reproductive part of a flower. The male counterpart is called an androecium . A gynoecium is composed of one or more pistils. A pistil may consist of a single free carpel, or be formed… … Wikipedia
Flower — A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with… … Wikipedia
monocarpic — [män΄ō kär′pəsmän΄ōkär′pik] adj. [ MONO + CARPIC] bearing fruit only once, and then dying: said of annuals, biennials, and some long lived plants, as the bamboos and century plants: also monocarpous [män΄ō kär′pəs] … English World dictionary
monocarp — noun a plant that bears fruit once and dies • Syn: ↑monocarpic plant, ↑monocarpous plant • Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life … Useful english dictionary
