Definition of Monocarpous. Meaning of Monocarpous. Synonyms of Monocarpous

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Definition of Monocarpous

Monocarpous
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. Note: Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some plants of longer duration, as the century plant.

Meaning of Monocarpous from wikipedia

- Monocarpic plants are those that flower and set seeds only once, and then die. The term is derived from Gr**** (mono, "single" + karpos, "fruit" or "grain")...
- an ovule or ovules. If a gynoecium has a single carpel, it is called monocarpous. If a gynoecium has multiple, distinct (free, unfused) carpels, it is...
- trunk topped by a rosette of very large, pinnate leaves, and are usually monocarpous. The genus was first described by Kurt Krause in 1914. The genus name...