| 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. |
| ALLOTROPOUS | • allotropous adj. (Botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar. • allotropous adj. (Biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species… • ALLOTROPOUS adj. having nectar accessible to all kinds of insects. |
| DISESPOUSED | • disespoused v. Simple past tense and past participle of disespouse. • DISESPOUSE v. (Milton) to release from espousal or plighted faith. |
| DISESPOUSES | • disespouses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disespouse. • DISESPOUSE v. (Milton) to release from espousal or plighted faith. |
| HEMITROPOUS | • hemitropous adj. Turned half round; half inverted. • hemitropous adj. (Botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous. • HEMITROPOUS adj. of a crystal, having a twinned structure, also HEMITROPAL, HEMITROPE, HEMITROPIC. |
| MONOCARPOUS | • monocarpous adj. Synonym of monocarpic. • MONOCARPOUS adj. having only one ovary; producing one fruit, also MONOCARPIC. |
| POLYCARPOUS | • polycarpous adj. Alternative form of polycarpic. • POLYCARPOUS adj. fruiting many times, or year after year, also POLYCARPIC. |
| POMPOUSNESS | • pompousness n. The quality of being pompous. • POMPOUSNESS n. the state of being pompous. |
| POUSSETTING | • poussetting v. Present participle of poussette. • poussetting n. The act of performing a poussette. • POUSSETTE v. to make such a movement. |
| REPOUSSAGES | • REPOUSSAGE n. the art of doing repousse work. |
| REPOUSSOIRS | • repoussoirs n. Plural of repoussoir. • REPOUSSOIR n. (French) a figure or object in the foreground of a painted etc. composition intended to draw the viewer's eye in. |
| XYLOCARPOUS | • xylocarpous adj. Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody. • XYLOCARPOUS adj. having woody fruit. |