autocarpous

adjective

au·​to·​car·​pous

variants or autocarpian

-¦kärpēən

or autocarpic

-¦kärpik

: consisting of the ripened pericarp with no adnate parts

Word History

Etymology

autocarpous, autocarpic from aut- + -carpous, -carpic; autocarpian from aut- + carp- + -an

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

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