HOLOCARPIC


Meaning of HOLOCARPIC in English

|hälō|kärpik, |hōl- adjective

Etymology: hol- + -carpic

1. : having the whole thallus developed into a fruiting body or sporangium

holocarpic algae

holocarpic fungi

2. : lacking rhizoids and haustoria — compare eucarpic

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