parthenocarpy

Meaning of parthenocarpy

noun

the development of a fruit without prior fertilization.

early 20th century: from German Parthenocarpie, from Greek parthenos ‘virgin’ + karpos ‘fruit’.

Information about parthenocarpy

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of parthenocarpy is: parthenocarpies.
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Hyphenation of parthenocarpy

partheno-carpy

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 13 chars.
  • parthenocarpy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with parthenocarpy

allocarpy, angiocarpy, apocarpy, geocarpy, polycarpy, syncarpy, Harpy, harpy, sharpy

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