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SYNCARPOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels
Classified under:
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Antonym:
apocarpous ((of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses)
Derivation:
syncarp (fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple)
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