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monocarp
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A monocarpic plant. rare before late 20th century.
- In many trees of the family Annonaceae: each of the separate carpels (often arranged in bundles) which form the fruit. Opposed to syncarp.
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Origin
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mid 19th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Smart (d. 1872), elocutionist and grammarian. From mono- + -carp, perhaps after monocarpous
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