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apocarpy

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ap⋅o⋅car⋅pous

  [ap-uh-kahr-puhs]
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–adjective Botany.
having the carpels separate.
Origin:
1820–30; apo- + -carpous

Related forms:
ap⋅o⋅car⋅py, noun
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ap·o·car·pous   (āp'ə-kär'pəs)   
adj.  Having carpels that are free from one another. Used of a single flower with two or more separate pistils, as in roses.
ap'o·car'py (āp'ə-kär'pē) n.
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