autocarpous
adjective
au·to·car·pous
variants or autocarpian or autocarpic
-¦kärpēən
-¦kärpik
: consisting of the ripened pericarp with no adnate parts
Word History
Etymology
autocarpous, autocarpic from aut- + -carpous, -carpic; autocarpian from aut- + carp- + -an
First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined above