Monocarpic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a plant) That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying. not-comparable

    "A nire accurate division of plants, as connected with flowering and fructification, is into monocarpic, or those which flower but once, and perish; and into polycarpic, or those which flower and ripen seeds several times before the entire plant, root and branch, perish."

Adjective
  1. 1
    dying after bearing fruit only once wordnet

Synonyms

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monocarpianmonocarpous

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"A nire accurate division of plants, as connected with flowering and fructification, is into monocarpic, or those which flower but once, and perish; and into polycarpic, or those which flower and ripen seeds several times before the entire plant, root and branch, perish."

Etymology

From mono- + -carpic. Analyzable as monocarp + -ic.

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