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monocarpic, a. Bot.|mɒnəʊˈkɑːpɪk|
[Formed as monocarpous + -ic.]
Of a plant: Bearing fruit only once (and then dying).
1849Balfour Man. Bot. §634 Annuals and biennials, which flower the first or second year and die, as well as the Agave, and some Palms which flower only once in forty or fifty years, and perish, are monocarpic. 1857Henfrey Elem. Bot. 548 Monocarpic perennials. 1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 519. |