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English
Etymology
From gymno- + -carpous.
Adjective
gymnocarpous (not comparable)
- (botany) Having fruit that is either smooth or not adherent to the perianth[1]
- (fungi) Having the hymenium exposed while the spores are forming.
References
- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “.] Gymnocarpous.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, , New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G P Putnam & Co., , →OCLC.