acarpousadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)eɪˈkɑːpəs/, U.S.

/eɪˈkɑrpəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἄκαρπος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἄκαρπος without fruit, barren ( < ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + κάρπος fruit: see carpo- comb. form²) + -ous suffix; compare -carpous comb. form. Compare French acarpe (1866).

Not producing fruit; unfruitful, sterile; (Botany). Frequently figurative: failing to achieve the desired results, unproductive; barren.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > not fruitful or sterile

barrenc1405

bearless1612

infructuous1615

sterile1626

acarpous1871

ablastous1878

1871 R. Soule Dict. Eng. Synonymes 5/1 Acarpous, unfruitful, sterile, barren, fruitless, unproductive.

1894 Jrnl. Mycol. 7 393 Both Proto and Auto basidiomycetes begin with acarpous fruits, and from these have been developed the more highly organized forms having fruit bodies.

1917 ‘B. M. Bower’ Starr, of Desert vi. 63 So clear was the air that every slope, every hollow, every acarpous hilltop lay pitilessly revealed.

1935 New Phytologist 34 118 The ancestors of the carpel-bearing plants were acarpous.

1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xxxv. 218 The first faint shadows of what she would later term ‘my acarpous destiny’..could be made out.

1985 Jrnl. Theoret. Biol. 114 348 Whether neoplastic cells, which have become acarpous, have died or remained alive in the body is of little importance.

1991 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 5–12 Jan. 47/2 Its consequences in some cases turned out to be problematic or acarpous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acarpous
释义	acarpousadj. Brit. /(ˌ)eɪˈkɑːpəs/, U.S. /eɪˈkɑrpəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἄκαρπος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἄκαρπος without fruit, barren ( < ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + κάρπος fruit: see carpo- comb. form²) + -ous suffix; compare -carpous comb. form. Compare French acarpe (1866). Not producing fruit; unfruitful, sterile; (Botany). Frequently figurative: failing to achieve the desired results, unproductive; barren. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > not fruitful or sterile barrenc1405 bearless1612 infructuous1615 sterile1626 acarpous1871 ablastous1878 1871 R. Soule Dict. Eng. Synonymes 5/1 Acarpous, unfruitful, sterile, barren, fruitless, unproductive. 1894 Jrnl. Mycol. 7 393 Both Proto and Auto basidiomycetes begin with acarpous fruits, and from these have been developed the more highly organized forms having fruit bodies. 1917 ‘B. M. Bower’ Starr, of Desert vi. 63 So clear was the air that every slope, every hollow, every acarpous hilltop lay pitilessly revealed. 1935 New Phytologist 34 118 The ancestors of the carpel-bearing plants were acarpous. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xxxv. 218 The first faint shadows of what she would later term ‘my acarpous destiny’..could be made out. 1985 Jrnl. Theoret. Biol. 114 348 Whether neoplastic cells, which have become acarpous, have died or remained alive in the body is of little importance. 1991 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 5–12 Jan. 47/2 Its consequences in some cases turned out to be problematic or acarpous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1871
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