Syncarpous

2 definitions found

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

  Syncarpous \Syn*car"pous\, a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. ? a fruit.]
     (Bot.)
     Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  syncarpous
       adj : (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united
             carpels [ant: {apocarpous}]