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subapocarpous

subapocarpous

English

Adjective

subapocarpous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having the carpels partially joined
    • 2015 August 25, “Phylogeny of Acronychia (Rutaceae) and First Insights into Its Historical Biogeography and the Evolution of Fruit Characters”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0136296:
      Apocarpous fruits are the ancestral state in Acronychia and subapocarpous and fully syncarpous fruits are derived.