polycarpic

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ -carpic

Adjective

polycarpic (not comparable)

1. (botany) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year.

   polycarpic plant

   polycarpic growth

2. (botany) Having several carpels in one flower.

Synonyms

• polycarpous

 

Coordinate terms

• monocarp
• monocarpic
• polycarp

 

Translations

bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year

• Manx: yl-vessagh

having several carpels in one flower

• French: polycarpellé (fr)

References

• “polycarpic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.