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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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