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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Apocarpous \Ap`o*car"pous\, a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. --Lindley. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

apocarpous adj 1: (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses [ant: syncarpous]