Monocarpous

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

  Monocarpic \Mon`o*car"pic\, Monocarpous \Mon`o*car"pous\, a.
     [Mono- + Gr. ? fruit: cf. F. monocarpe.] (Bot.)
     Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as
     beans, maize, mustard, etc.
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     Note: Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some
           plants of longer duration, as the century plant.
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