monocarpic
(adjective) dying after bearing fruit only once
Source: WordNet® 3.1
monocarpic (not comparable)
(botany) (of a plant) That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying.
Source: Wiktionary
Mon`o*car"pic, Mon`o*car"pous, a. Etym: [Mono- + Gr. monocarpe.] (Bot.)
Definition: Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.
Note: Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some plants of longer duration, as the century plant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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