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gymnocarpous

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English

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Etymology

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From gymno- +‎ -carpous.

Adjective

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gymnocarpous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having fruit that is either smooth or not adherent to the perianth[1]
  2. (fungi) Having the hymenium exposed while the spores are forming.

References

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  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary [].] Gymnocarpous.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, [], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., [], →OCLC.