Autocarpian

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

  Autocarpous \Au`to*car"pous\, Autocarpian \Au`to*car"pi*an\, a.
     [Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.)
     Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate
     to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.
     [1913 Webster]