polycarpellary

[ pol-ee-kahr-puh-ler-ee ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. consisting of two or more carpels.

polycarpellary

/ ˌpɒlɪkɑːˈpɛlərɪ /

adjective

1. (of a plant gynoecium) having or consisting of many carpels

Word History and Origins

Origin of polycarpellary¹

1855–60; poly- + carpellary ( def )

Example Sentences

When it is composed of several carpels, more or less united, it is compound or polycarpellary (fig. 86).

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Marchand mentions a polycarpellary berberid (Epimedium Musschianum).

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Cramer, 'Bildungsabweich,' p. 99, reference to several leguminous plants with polycarpellary pistils.

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