MONOCARPIC

monocarpic

(adjective) dying after bearing fruit only once

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

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

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