Apocarpous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apocarpous \Ap`o*car"pous\, a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.]
     (Bot.)
     Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a
     compound pistil; -- opposed to {syncarpous}. --Lindley.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apocarpous
       adj : (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that
             are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
             [ant: {syncarpous}]