gymnocarpous
English
editEtymology
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editgymnocarpous (not comparable)
- (botany) Having fruit that is either smooth or not adherent to the perianth[1]
- (fungi) Having the hymenium exposed while the spores are forming.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- “gymnocarpous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.