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Monocarp (Noun)

Meaning

A plant that bears fruit once and dies.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • The agave is an example of a monocarp, putting out a tall stalk of flowers after many years and then dying.
  • Some species of bamboo are monocarps, flowering and producing seeds only once before dying.
  • The rare and exotic corpse flower is a monocarp, blooming for just one night before wilting and dying.
  • Monocarps have fascinated botanists for centuries, with their unique life cycle of growth, flowering, and death.
  • The pineapples that grow in the garden are monocarps, producing a single fruit and then beginning to decline and die.

Synonyms

  • Monocarpous Plant
  • Monocarpic Plant

Hypernyms

  • Flora
  • Plant Life
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