(in botany) indicating a certain kind or number of fruit: apocarpous
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-carpous,
- a combining form meaning "fruited,'' "having fruit, fruiting bodies, or carpels of a given sort,'' as specified by the initial element:apocarpous.
- Greek -karpos, adjective, adjectival derivative of karpós fruit; see -ous
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'-carpous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-carpic
- Alyce clover
- acarpous
- acrocarpous
- amphicarpous
- angiocarpous
- anthocarpous
- apocarpous
- chrysocarpous
- cladocarpous
- cleistocarpous
- encarpus
- gymnocarpous
- macrocarpous
- monocarpous
- pleurocarpous
- podocarpus
- pterocarpous
- rhizocarpous
- streptocarpus
- syncarpous
- trachycarpous