Synonyms

acarpous

American

[ay-kahr-puhs] / eɪˈkɑr pəs /

adjective

Botany.

not producing fruit; sterile; barren.

acarpous British

/ eɪˈkɑːpəs /

adjective

(of plants) producing no fruit

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Etymology

Origin of acarpous

< Greek ákarpos. See a- ⁶, -carpous

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So clear was the air that every slope, every hollow, every acarpous hilltop lay pitilessly revealed to her unfriendly eyes, until the sheer immensity of distance veiled its barrenness in a haze of tender violet.

From Starr, of the Desert by B. M. Bower

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