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单词 autocarpous
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autocarpousadj.

Brit. /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpəs/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˈkɑrpəs/, /ˌɔdoʊˈkɑrpəs/, /ˌɑdəˈkɑrpəs/, /ˌɑdoʊˈkɑrpəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto- comb. form1, -carpous comb. form.
Etymology: < auto- comb. form1 + -carpous comb. form. In sense 1 after French autocarpien (a1802; < auto- auto- comb. form1 + ancient Greek καρπός fruit (see carpo- comb. form1) + -ien -ian suffix). In sense 2 after German autokarp (1881 or earlier).With French autocarpien compare:1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 163 M. Desvaux has coined other words to express these ideas: a superior fruit he calls autocarpien; an inferior fruit, heterocarpien; terms wholly unnecessary and unworthy of adoption.
Botany. rare.
1. Of a fruit (such as the capsule of a poppy): consisting only of the pericarp, with no other parts attached. Cf. superior adj. 5. Obsolete.
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1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Autocarpous, applied to such fruits as consist of the pericarp only.
1879 A. Gray in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) I. Gloss. 398/1 Autocarpous, a fruit consisting of pericarp alone, having no adnate parts.
2. Bearing fruit resulting from self-fertilization. Cf. autogamous adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > self-fertilizing or fertilized
self-fertilized1848
self-fertile1856
cleistogamous1874
cleistogene1876
cleistogamic1877
self-fertilizable1877
autogamic1878
autogamous1880
self-pollinated1883
self-pollinating1889
self-bred1898
autocarpous1908
selfed1908
self-compatible1918
1908 J. R. A. Davis tr. P. Knuth Handbk. Flower Pollination II. 446 The flowers of this species are autocarpous as the result of automatic self-pollination.
1947 V. Westhoff Vegetation Dunes & Salt Marshes Islands 52 By far most species are anemogamous, autocarpous or apogamous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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