/an'jee oh kahr"peuhs/ , adj.
1. (of a fruit) partially or wholly enclosed in a shell, involucre, or husk.
2. (of a fungus or lichen) having the fruiting body immersed or enclosed in the thallus.
Also, angiocarpic . Cf. gymnocarpous .
[ 1830-40; ANGIO- + -CARPOUS ]