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Webster 1913 Edition
Angiocarpous
Anˊgi-o-car′pous
(ănˊjĭ-ō̍-kär′pŭs)
, Adj.
[
Angio-
+ Gr. καρπόσ
fruit.] (Bot.)
(a)
Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule.
Brande & C.
(b)
Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.
Gray.
Syn. – angiocarpic