amphicarpic
English
Alternative forms
- amphicarpous
Etymology
Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) +καρπός (karpós, “fruit”) + -ic
Adjective
amphicarpic (not comparable)
- (botany) Producing fruit of two kinds, either in shape or in time of ripening.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for amphicarpic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)