acarpellous
/,ækɑ:'peləs/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having no carpels: In botany, describes a flower that lacks carpels, which are the female reproductive organs of a flower. A flower without carpels cannot produce fruit or seeds through typical sexual reproduction.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The botanist noted that the unusual flower was acarpellous, making it sterile.
- Some plant mutations result in acarpellous structures.
Advanced Usage
- Botanical Classification: The term is primarily used in technical botanical descriptions and scientific literature to specify a morphological anomaly or characteristic.
- The study focused on the genetic factors leading to acarpellous phenotypes in the species.
Variants and Related Words
- Acarpelous (adj): An alternative spelling with the same meaning.
- Carpel (n): The fundamental unit of the female reproductive organ in a flower, consisting of an ovary, a stigma, and usually a style.
- Apocarpous (adj): Having carpels that are separate and unfused.
- Syncarpous (adj): Having carpels that are fused together.
Synonyms
- Carpelless: Lacking carpels.
- Sterile (in a specific botanical context): Incapable of producing fruit or seeds due to the absence of functional reproductive parts.
Antonyms
- Carpellate: Having one or more carpels.
- Pistillate: Having a pistil (the structure typically formed from one or more fused carpels).
Adjective
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having no carpels
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