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单词 geocarpic
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geocarpic
geocarpic adj.
Brit. /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpɪk/
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/dʒɪəˈkɑːpɪk/
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U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˈkɑrpɪk/
[after German geocarpisch (1880 or earlier; now usually geokarpisch)] Botany (of a fruit) maturing underground; (of a plant) bearing fruit of this kind, like the peanut, Arachis hypogaea.
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1895 M. C. Potter tr. E. Warming Handbk. Systematic Bot. v. 469 Geocarpic fruits, i.e. those which penetrate the soil during their development and ripen underground, are found in e.g. Arachis hypogæa.
1947 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 34 361/1 The peanut is one of the few plants which are geocarpic (i.e., the ovary must be underground before maturation of the fruit will occur).
2003 Trends Ecol. & Evol. 18 243/2 Depending on the species, synconia can be borne on the branches, the trunk (cauliflorous) and/or on underground runners (geocarpic).
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