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SYNCARPOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does syncarpous mean?
• SYNCARPOUS (adjective)
The adjective SYNCARPOUS has 1 sense:
1. (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels
Familiarity information: SYNCARPOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Antonym:
apocarpous ((of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses)
Derivation:
syncarp (fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple)
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