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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British Dictionary definitions for acarpous

acarpous

adjective

(of plants) producing no fruit

Word Origin

from Greek akarpos, from a- 1 + karpos fruit

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