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acarpous

[ ey-kahr-puhs ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. not producing fruit; sterile; barren.


acarpous

/ ±ðɪˈ°ìɑ˱èÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. (of plants) producing no fruit
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of acarpous1

< Greek á°ì²¹°ù±è´Ç²õ. See a- 6, -carpous
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of acarpous1

from Greek akarpos, from a- 1+ karpos fruit
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So clear was the air that every slope, every hollow, every acarpous hilltop lay pitilessly revealed to her unfriendly eyes, until the sheer immensity of distance veiled its barrenness in a haze of tender violet.

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