PARTHENOCARPY


Meaning of PARTHENOCARPY in English

— parthenocarpic , adj.

/pahr"theuh noh kahr'pee/ , n. Bot.

the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.

[ 1910-15; PARTHENO- + -carpy; see -CARP, -Y 3 ]

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