| ACROCARPOUS | • acrocarpous adj. (Botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses. • ACROCARPOUS adj. of mosses, having the archegonia at the top of the stem.
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| ANGIOCARPOUS | • angiocarpous adj. Describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx. • ANGIOCARPOUS adj. having the fruit (or in fungi the hymenium) within a special covering.
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| ANTHOCARPOUS | • anthocarpous adj. (Botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit. • ANTHOCARPOUS adj. of or like an anthocarp, a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple.
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| APOCARPOUS | • apocarpous adj. (Botany) Having carpels that are not joined. • APOCARPOUS adj. either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil.
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| DIPTEROCARPOUS | • DIPTEROCARPOUS adj. of or like a dipterocarp. | 
| HETEROCARPOUS | • heterocarpous adj. (Botany) Exhibiting heterocarpy. • HETEROCARPOUS adj. bearing fruit of more than kind.
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| MONOCARPOUS | • monocarpous adj. Synonym of monocarpic. • MONOCARPOUS adj. having only one ovary; producing one fruit, also MONOCARPIC.
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| PARTHENOCARPOUS | • parthenocarpous adj. Alternative form of parthenocarpic. • PARTHENOCARPOUS adj. relating to parthenocarpy.
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| PLEUROCARPOUS | • pleurocarpous adj. (Botany) Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia. • PLEUROCARPOUS adj. of mosses, having the archegonia on short lateral branches.
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| PSEUDOCARPOUS | • PSEUDOCARPOUS adj. of or like a pseudocarp. | 
| RHIZOCARPOUS | • rhizocarpous adj. (Botany) Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; said of all perennial herbs. • RHIZOCARPOUS adj. of or like a rhizocarp, also RHIZOCARPIC.
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| SCHIZOCARPOUS | • schizocarpous adj. Of or relating to schizocarps. • SCHIZOCARPOUS adj. of or like a schizocarp, a compound fruit splitting into several one-seeded ones.
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| STEGOCARPOUS | • STEGOCARPOUS adj. of fruit, having a lidded capsule. | 
| XYLOCARPOUS | • xylocarpous adj. Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody. • XYLOCARPOUS adj. having woody fruit.
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