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Meaning of "acarpous" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACARPOUS

From Greek akarpos, from a-1 + karpos fruit.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ACARPOUS

eɪˈkɑːpəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACARPOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acarpous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACARPOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of acarpous in the English dictionary

The definition of acarpous in the dictionary is producing no fruit.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACARPOUS

angiocarpous · anthocarpous · artocarpus · carpometacarpus · carpus · dipterocarpous · eccremocarpus · encarpus · heterocarpous · metacarpus · pachycarpous · parthenocarpous · polycarpous · pseudocarpous · rhizocarpous · schizocarpous · stegocarpous · streptocarpus · syncarpous · xylocarpous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACARPOUS

acarian · acariasis · acaricidal · acaricide · acarid · acaridan · acaridean · acaridian · acaridomatium · acarine · acarodomatium · acaroid · acaroid gum · acaroid resin · acarologist · acarology · acarophily · acarpellous · acarpelous · acarus

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACARPOUS

acrocarpous · allotropous · amphitropous · anatropous · atropous · campylotropous · croupous · eutropous · hemitropous · heterotopous · isotropous · lupous · monocarpous · orthotropous · pappous · plagiotropous · pleurocarpous · polypous · pompous · pulpous

Synonyms and antonyms of acarpous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acarpous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACARPOUS

Find out the translation of acarpous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of acarpous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acarpous» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

acarpous
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

acarpous
570 millions of speakers
en

English

acarpous
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बांझ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

acarpous
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

acarpous
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Acarpa
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ফল ধরে না এমন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

acarpe
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Acarpous
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

acarpous
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

acarpous
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

acarpous
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Acarpous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây đực không trái
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

acarpous
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अकरपस
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

acarpous
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

acarpous
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

acarpous
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

acarpous
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

acarpous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

acarpous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

acarpous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

acarpous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acarpous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acarpous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACARPOUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acarpous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACARPOUS»

Discover the use of acarpous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acarpous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... if slighty decayed acarpous: fruitless; sterile; agennesic; an- andrious; apogenous addled: spoiled and unproductive, as addled eggs agennesic: sterile; impotent; acarpous; anandrious; apogenous anandrious: sterile; acarpous; agennesic; ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2003
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GRE:
The next word the alien asks about is on the opposite end of the spectrum — acarpous, for instance. For all you know, this might be a word in Alienese; it falls into the "Huh?" category of words you don't know at all. Finally, the alien, whom ...
Anne Curtis, 2003
3
On Schopenhauer's Fourfold Root of the Principle of ...
A person who has acquired the concepts of negation, plant, production and fruit can easily acquire the concept of being acarpous by being told that a plant is acarpous if it does not produce fruit. And a person who possesses the concepts of ...
F. C. White, 1992
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Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English
... (see section 14.9 on combining forms) acarpous not producing fruit (1871) < ancient Greek 1⁄4ŒÆæðïò (ákarpos) without fruit + the (borrowed) suffix -ous. In the example of acarpous, the suffix -ous is simply an adjective-forming suffix, ...
Philip Durkin, 2014
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Journal of the College of Agriculture
Acarpous : In Gadrodia, when the abscised flower is left nnpollinated ; the amount of seed is diminished considerably. b. AUionomic : Induced by pollination or by external stimuli. 1. Carpous : In aitionomic parthenocarpic plants ( Gadrodia  ...
Tōkyō Daigaku. Kōgakubu, 1921
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Publications of the Hartley Botanical Laboratories
Among the matters presented is the partial statement of a theory of acarpous angiospermy. This theory has suggested to some a starting point for enquiry into the physiology of flowering, for it has laid its first stress on the limitation of apical ...
University of Liverpool. Hartley Botanical Laboratories, 1933
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Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University ...
Acarpous : In Gastrodia, when the abscised flower is left unpollinated ; the amount of seed is diminished considerably. b. Aitionomic : Induced by pollination or by external stimuli. 1. Carpous : In aitionomic parthenocarpic plants ( Gastrodia  ...
8
ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
A a dog in the manger, 17 AAADD, 17 abasia, 17 abderite, 17 abdominous, 18 ablepsia, 18 abuela, 18 abulia/aboulia, 18 abus de faiblesse, 18 acanthosis verrucosa, 18 acarpous, 18 accumbent, 18 acedia, 19 acedolagnia, 19 acescent,  ...
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
9
Love in the Time of Flowers
... a dangling elongated goldenrod with a pair of acarpous rotund orchids framed by a plush bush representing pubic hair (as for you, Cedar U waxwings, your amphimictic development of genital sexuality needn't be considered as a template).
William Penn, 2012
10
Starr, of the Desert
So clear was the air that every slope, every hollow, every acarpous hilltop lay pitilessly revealed to her unfriendly eyes, until the sheer immensity of distance veiledits barrenness in a haze of tender violet. Thesky wasblue; deeply, intenselyblue ...
B. M. Bower, 2014

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACARPOUS»

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World Photo Day: Thomas Mayer by Emre Arolat
Rather than acarpous and vapid architectural shots, he came up with a lot of pictures which reflect the incredible flow of people, together with ... «ArchDaily, Aug 14»
2
Remember me? Eminem's cracked comeback
... with references to Chevy Tahoes, Andre the Giant and another acarpous analogy comparing him and Dre to Batman and Robin. Seriously ... «Los Angeles Times Blogs, Feb 09»
3
What's Wrong with Being Nobody's Mother?
One word that's new to me, "acarpous," sparks a moment of optimism until I check it out in Webster's -- it's from the Greek and means "bearing ... «TheTyee.ca, Dec 06»
REFERENCE
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