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monocarpellate

monocarpellate adjective: having a single carpel.

Adjective

monocarpellate (not comparable)

  1. Having a single carpel.
    • Early Aptian Torres Vedras mesofossil flora includes several small monocarpellate, usually uniovulate, fruiting units.2011, Else Marie Friis, Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution, page 409

Origin of monocarpellate

From mono- + carpellate.

Questions about monocarpellate

What does monocarpellate mean?
Monocarpellate means having a single carpel.
What part of speech is monocarpellate?
Monocarpellate is an adjective.

Words near monocarpellate in the dictionary

  1. monocarboxypeptidases
  2. monocardial
  3. monocardian
  4. monocarp
  5. monocarpellary
  6. monocarpellate
  7. monocarpian
  8. monocarpic
  9. monocarpically
  10. monocarpous
  11. monocarps

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