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polycarpellary
[ pol-ee-kahr-puh-ler-ee ]
adjective
, Botany.
- consisting of two or more carpels.
polycarpellary
/ ˌpɒlɪkɑːˈpɛlərɪ /
adjective
- (of a plant gynoecium) having or consisting of many carpels
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Word History and Origins
Origin of polycarpellary1
1855–60; poly- + carpellary ( def )
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Example Sentences
When it is composed of several carpels, more or less united, it is compound or polycarpellary (fig. 86).
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Marchand mentions a polycarpellary berberid (Epimedium Musschianum).
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Cramer, 'Bildungsabweich,' p. 99, reference to several leguminous plants with polycarpellary pistils.
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