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monocarpous

monocarpous


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monocarpic  \Mon`o*car"pic\,  Monocarpous  \Mon`o*car"pous\,  a. 
  [Mono-  +  Gr  ?  fruit:  cf  F.  monocarpe.]  (Bot.) 
  Bearing  fruit  but  once,  and  dying  after  fructification,  as 
  beans,  maize,  mustard,  etc 
 
  Note:  Annual  and  biennual  herbs  are  monocarpic,  so  also  some 
  plants  of  longer  duration,  as  the  century  plant.