amphicarpy

English

Noun

amphicarpy (uncountable)

1. (biology) The production by a plant of more than one type of fruit. Sometimes restricted to situations where one fruit type is aerial and one is underground.

Translations

production by a plant of only some diaspores beneath the soil

• Portuguese: anficarpia f

See also

• heterocarpy
• Amphicarpy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia