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MONOCARPOUS

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mon⋅o⋅car⋅pous

  [mon-uh-kahr-puhs]
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–adjective Botany.
1. having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
2. monocarpic.
Origin:
1725–35; mono- + -carpous
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mon·o·car·pic   (mŏn'ə-kär'pĭk)   
adj.  Flowering and bearing fruit only once.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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