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angiocarpous

angiocarpous adjective: describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx.

Adjective

angiocarpous (not comparable)

  1. Describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx.

Origin of angiocarpous

From angio- + -carpous.

Questions about angiocarpous

What does angiocarpous mean?
Angiocarpous means describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx.
What part of speech is angiocarpous?
Angiocarpous is an adjective.

Words near angiocarpous in the dictionary

  1. angiocardiopneumography
  2. angiocardioultrasonography
  3. angiocarditis
  4. angiocarp
  5. angiocarpian
  6. angiocarpous
  7. angiocarps
  8. angiocath
  9. angiocatheter
  10. angiocatheterisation
  11. angiocatheterization

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