polycarpic


po·ly·car·pic

P5455400 (pŏl′ē-kär′pĭk) also pol·y·car·pous (-pəs)adj.1. Flowering and fruiting more than once.2. Having fruit or pistils with two or more carpels.
pol′y·car′py n.

polycarpic

(ˌpɒlɪˈkɑːpɪk) adj (Botany) (of a plant) able to produce flowers and fruit several times in successive years or seasons ˈpolyˌcarpy n

pol•y•car•pic

(ˌpɒl iˈkɑr pɪk)

also pol`y•car′pous,



adj. 1. producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant. 2. having two or more distinct carpels. [1840–50; < New Latin polycarpicus. See poly-, -carpic] pol′y•car`py, n.