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]