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Definition of Parthenocarpy

1. Noun. (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds.

Definition of Parthenocarpy

1. Noun. (botany) production of (seedless) fruit without fertilization of ovules. ¹

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Definition of Parthenocarpy

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Medical Definition of Parthenocarpy

1. Fruit formation without fertilization. Occurs spontaneously in some plants, for example banana and in other plants can be induced by application of auxin. Results in seedless fruits. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parthenocarpy

Literary usage of Parthenocarpy

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

1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Familiar illustrations of parthenocarpy are afforded by a number of seedless varieties of cultivated fruits, as in oranges, grapes, and bananas; ..."

2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"parthenocarpy. — In striking contrast to ordinary fruit production is parthenocarpy, or the development of fruit without the fusion of gametes. ..."

3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"The author notes the occurrence of apogamy, parthenocarpy, ... parthenocarpy, accompanied by formation of some viable seeds, was observed in various forms ..."

4. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"parthenocarpy. — parthenocarpy is the development of fruit without fertilization and is quite common among Angiosperms. Bananas, seedless Oranges ..."

5. Botany for Agricultural Students by John Nathan Martin (1919)
"parthenocarpy. — parthenocarpy is the development of fruit without fertilization and is quite common among Angiosperms. Bananas, seedless Oranges ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"1 may add that I have very recently observed a case of parthenocarpy in a race of 0. muricata L. from eastern Canada grown in my cultures this season. ..."

7. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"... power is destroyed, probably by the action of oxidases and other enzymes.—H. HASSELBRING. •' GOODSPEED, THOMAS H., Parthenogenesis, parthenocarpy, ..."

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