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polycarpous

polycarpous is the alternative form of polycarpic.

Meaning of polycarpic

Adjective

polycarpic (not comparable)

  1. Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year.
    • polycarpic plant
  2. Having several carpels in one flower.

Origin of polycarpous

From poly- + -carpous.

Questions about polycarpous

What is polycarpous the alternative form of?
Polycarpous is the alternative form of polycarpic.

Words near polycarpous in the dictionary

  1. polycarp
  2. polycarpellary
  3. polycarpellate
  4. Polycarpian
  5. polycarpic
  6. polycarpous
  7. polycarps
  8. polycarpy
  9. polycaryon
  10. polycaryons
  11. polycaryotic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polycarpous (page history and authors); polycarpic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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