monocarpic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mono- + -carpic. Analyzable as monocarp + -ic.
Adjective
[edit]monocarpic (not comparable)
- (botany) (of a plant) That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying.
- 1839 July 27, Robert Dickson, “Contributions to the Natural Theology of the Vegetable Kingdom”, in The Church of England Magazine, volume 7, number 175, page 52:
- A nire accurate division of plants, as connected with flowering and fructification, is into monocarpic, or those which flower but once, and perish; and into polycarpic, or those which flower and ripen seeds several times before the entire plant, root and branch, perish.