Definition of Polycarpy

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polycarpy

polycarbonated
polycarbonates
polycarbonic
polycarbophil
polycarbosilane
polycarbosilanes
polycarboxylate cement
polycarboxylic
polycarboxylic acid
polycarboxylic acids
polycardia
polycarpellary
polycarpic
polycarpies
polycarpous
polycarpy (current term)
polycatenane
polycatenanes
polycatenary
polycation
polycationic
polycations
polycausal
polycentric
polycentrism
polycentrisms
polycerate
polychaeta
polychaete
polychaete worm

Literary usage of Polycarpy

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"More regular polycarpy appears occasionally in the tomato, and constantly in the "two-story" apples (St. ... A similar example of polycarpy is shown «t Fig. ..."

2. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1850)
"... polycarpy, who was burned to ashes, shall have their bones and their flesh again, with greater comfort than those violent persons who slept among kings, ..."

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