apocarpous
/ˌapəˈkɑːpəs
/adjective Botany
(Of a flower, fruit, or ovary) having distinct carpels that are not joined together. Often contrasted with syncarpous.Early angiosperm fruits were apocarpous, with several free carpels....
- Flowers are apocarpous, with the stigmas borne at the end of a long style.
- The first bifurcation is shortly above the transition from the syncarpous to the apocarpous zone, the second bifurcation is somewhat higher up.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from apo- + Greek karpos 'fruit' + -ous.
- loculated
- loculation
- locule
- loculicidal
- loculose
- loculous
- loculus
- locum
- locum tenant
- locum tenency
- locum tenens
- locum tenent
- locus
- locus berry
- locus caeruleus
- locus ceruleus
- locus classicus
- locus coeruleus
- locus communis
- locus desperatus
- locus in quo
- locus paenitentiae
- locus penitentiae
- locus poenitentiae
- locus standi