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heterocarpy

heterocarpy noun: the production of multiple kinds of fruit on the same plant.

Noun

heterocarpy (uncountable)

  1. The production of multiple kinds of fruit on the same plant.
    • The production of two or more distinct fruit types by an individual, i.e. heterocarpy, is considered as a mixed dispersal strategy in which a proportion of the offspring is able to colonize new sites, whilst others remain near the maternal location.2013, Rubén Torices, Alicia Agudo, Inés Alvarez Fernández, Not only size matters: achene morphology affects time of seedling emergence in three heterocarpic species of "Anacyclus" (Anthemideae...
    Synonyms:
    heterocarpism

Synonyms of heterocarpy

Questions about heterocarpy

What does heterocarpy mean?
Heterocarpy means the production of multiple kinds of fruit on the same plant.
What part of speech is heterocarpy?
Heterocarpy is a noun.

Words near heterocarpy in the dictionary

  1. heterobranchs
  2. heterobrochate
  3. heterocarpic
  4. heterocarpism
  5. heterocarpous
  6. heterocarpy
  7. heterocaryotic
  8. heterocatalysis
  9. heterocatalytic
  10. heterocatenation
  11. heterocellular

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