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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