polycarpic

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ -carpic

Adjective

polycarpic (not comparable)

(botany) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year.
polycarpic plant

polycarpic growth
(botany) Having several carpels in one flower.

Synonyms

polycarpous

Coordinate terms

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.

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