SYNCARPOUS

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

(of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels

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Adjectives

Domain category:

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)

Antonym:

apocarpous ((of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses)

Derivation:

syncarp (fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple)

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