acarpellous

/,ækɑ:'peləs/

Thân thiện

The botanist examines an acarpellous flower under a bright lamp.

Definition

1. 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).

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having no carpels

Từ đồng nghĩa

• acarpelous