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autocarpous

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Autocarpous

Au`to*car"pous\, Autocarpian \Au`to*car"pi*an\, a. [Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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