Hypertext Webster Gateway: "apocarpous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Apocarpous \Ap`o*car"pous\, a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.)
Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a
compound pistil; -- opposed to {syncarpous}. --Lindley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
apocarpous
adj : (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that
are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
[ant: {syncarpous}]
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