apocarpous

ap·o·car·pous

A0367600 (ăp′ə-kär′pəs)adj. Having carpels that are free from one another. Used of a single flower with two or more separate pistils, as in roses.

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ap′o·car′py (ăp′ə-kär′pē) n.

apocarpous

(ˌæpəˈkɑːpəs) adj (Botany) (of the ovaries of flowering plants such as the buttercup) consisting of separate carpels. Compare syncarpous[C19 from NL, from Gk apo- + karpos fruit]

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apocarpous - (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or rosesplant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotionsyncarpous - (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels