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monocarpic definition

mono·car·pic (-kär′pik)

adjective

bearing fruit only once, and then dying: said of annuals, biennials, and some long-lived plants, as the bamboos and century plants
also monocarpous mon′o·car′·pous (-pəs)

Etymology: mono- + -carpic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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