Definition of Acarpous

1. Adjective. Producing no fruit.

Similar to: Unfruitful

Definition of Acarpous

1. a. Not producing fruit; unfruitful.

Definition of Acarpous

1. Adjective. (context: botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile. ¹

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Definition of Acarpous

1. not producing fruit [adj]

Medical Definition of Acarpous

1. Not producing fruit; unfruitful. Origin: Gr.; priv. + fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acarpous

acarminative
acarodermatitis
acarodermatitis urticarioides
acarodomatium
acarodomatiums
acaroid
acaroid gum
acaroid resin
acarologies
acarologist
acarologists
acarology
acarophobia
acarpellous
acarpelous
acarpous (current term)
acarus
acaryote
acatalasaemia
acatalasemia
acatalasemias
acatalasia
acatalectic
acatalectics
acatalepsy
acataleptic
acataleptics
acatamathesia
acataphasia
acater

Literary usage of Acarpous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... carpels forming a sy acarpous ovary ; the albumen of the seeds fleshy ; and the embryo spiral, filiform, ..."

2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... or of carpels coalescent into one body (Si/acarpous), or of all grades between the two. Apocarpous pistils are simple ..."

3. A Laboratory Manual in Elementary Biology: An Inductive Study in Animal and by Emanuel Roth Boyer (1894)
"... destitute of petals. ap acarpous: (pistils): when the several pistils of the same flower are separate. arboreous, arborescent: tree-like, ..."

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