acarpous

[ey-kahr-puh s]

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adjective Botany.

not producing fruit; sterile; barren.

Origin of acarpous

< Greek ákarpos. See a-⁶, -carpous

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Related Words for acarpous

arid, barren, effete, fruitless, impotent, infertile, sterile, unproductive, useless, wasted, acarpous, infecund, unrewarding

British Dictionary definitions for acarpous

acarpous

adjective

(of plants) producing no fruit

Word Origin for acarpous

from Greek akarpos, from a- 1 + karpos fruit

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