pentacoccous
English
Etymology
penta- + coccus
Adjective
pentacoccous (not comparable)
- (botany) Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each.
- a pentacoccous fruit
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 pentacoccous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)