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monocarpic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: monocarpic adj : dying after bearing fruit only once
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