Heterocarpism

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

  Heterocarpism \Het`er*o*car"pism\, n. [Hetero- + Gr.? fruit.]
     (Bot.)
     The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as
     in Amphicarp[ae]a, in which besides the usual pods, there are
     others underground.
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