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pentacoccous

pentacoccous adjective: composed of five united carpels with one seed in each.

Adjective

pentacoccous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each.
    • a pentacoccous fruit
    • a pentacoccous capsule of mandioca

Origin of pentacoccous

From penta- + coccus.

Questions about pentacoccous

What does pentacoccous mean?
Pentacoccous means composed of five united carpels with one seed in each.
What part of speech is pentacoccous?
Pentacoccous is an adjective.

Words near pentacoccous in the dictionary

  1. pentachromes
  2. pentachromic
  3. pentacid
  4. pentacle
  5. pentacles
  6. pentacoccous
  7. pentacolor
  8. pentacolored
  9. pentacontagon
  10. pentacontagons
  11. pentacontahedron

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