HyperDic: syncarpous

English > 1 sense of the word syncarpous:
ADJECTIVEallsyncarpous(of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels
English > syncarpous: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning(of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels.
Categoryplant, flora, plant life(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Oppositeapocarpous(of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
Spanishsincárpico
Catalansincàrpic
Nounssyncarpfruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle

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