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单词 anthocarpous
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anthocarpousadj.

Brit. /ˌanθəˈkɑːpəs/, U.S. /ˌænθəˈkɑrpəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: antho- comb. form, -carpous comb. form.
Etymology: < antho- comb. form + -carpous comb. form, after scientific Latin Anthocarpi (plural), denoting a class of fruits ( J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1832) i. xiii. 174).
Botany. Now rare.
Of a fruit: formed from more than one flower, and incorporating floral parts outside the ovary. Also: having such fruits.
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tricoccous1697
tricoccose1703
anthocarpous1835
tetracoccous1857
simple1858
monogynoecial1876
collective1880
1835 J. Lindley Key Struct., Physiol., & Systematic Bot. 33 Multiple fruits are formed out of several flowers... They are masses of inflorescence in a state of adhesion, and are also called anthocarpous.
1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 396 Anthocarpous, fruits in which some organ exterior to the pericarp is concerned.
1908 Bot. Gaz. 46 104 The anthocarpous fruit [of Allionia] has little mobility.
1989 Bot. Rev. 55 67 We feel that Lindley recognized the distinction between anthocarpous and collective fruits.
1991 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 78 (No. 6 Suppl.) 191 Boldoeae appear to represent the sister-group to the anthocarpous Nyctaginaceae.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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