Apocarpous: alternatives and connections

Having no carpels.

Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspbe…

fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed

a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the f…

a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil

Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.

A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of…

A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.

One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.

Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.

An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens.

The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.

The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.

Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…

To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.

Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while…

Composed of two coherent, one-seeded carpels; as, a dicoccous capsule.