monocarpous

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mon′ə kär′pəs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mon•o•car•pous  (mon′ə kär′pəs),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]
  1. Botanyhaving a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
  2. Botanymonocarpic.
  • mono- + -carpous 1725–35

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mon•o•car•pic  (mon′ə kär′pik),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]
  1. Botanyproducing fruit only once and then dying.
  • monocarp + -ic 1840–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
monocarpic /ˌmɒnəʊˈkɑːpɪk/, monocarpous adj
  1. another name for semelparousAlso: hapaxanthic
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