Monocarpic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Monocarpic is an adjective meaning (botany) (of a plant) That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying.
Meaning
(botany) (of a plant) That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying.
Example Sentences
A nire accurate division of plants, as connected with flowering and fructification, is into monocarpic, or those which flower but once, and perish; and into polycarpic, or those which flower and ripen seeds several times before the entire plant, root and branch, perish.
Synonyms for monocarpic
Depending on context, synonyms include monocarpian, monocarpous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include senescence, polycarpic, sychnocarpous, monocotyledonous, monocotyle, homocarpic.
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