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Definition of Monocarpic
1. Adjective. Dying after bearing fruit only once.
Definition of Monocarpic
1. a. Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.
Definition of Monocarpic
1. Adjective. (botany) (''of a plant'') That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monocarpic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Monocarpic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Monocarpic
Literary usage of Monocarpic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Moreover, the duration of many kinds is uncertain, while great numbers are
monocarpic, that is, they flower and fruit once and then die. ..."
2. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"In many species the whole plant dies down when the fruit is ripe, and a plant of
this description is termed monocarpic (bearing fruit only once). ..."
3. Flora Hongkongensis: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the by George. Bentham (1861)
"monocarpic, if they die after one flowering-season. These include Annuals, which
flower in the ... monocarpic plants, which require more than two or three ..."
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