polycarpellary
[ pol-ee-kahr-puh-ler-ee ]
adjectiveBotany.
consisting of two or more carpels.
Origin of polycarpellary
11855–60; poly- + carpellary
Words Nearby polycarpellary
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How to use polycarpellary in a sentence
When it is composed of several carpels, more or less united, it is compound or polycarpellary (fig. 86).
Marchand mentions a polycarpellary berberid (Epimedium Musschianum).
Vegetable Teratology | Maxwell T. MastersCramer, 'Bildungsabweich,' p. 99, reference to several leguminous plants with polycarpellary pistils.
Vegetable Teratology | Maxwell T. Masters
British Dictionary definitions for polycarpellary
polycarpellary
/ (ˌpɒlɪkɑːˈpɛlərɪ) /
adjective
(of a plant gynoecium) having or consisting of many carpels
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