amphicarpy

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English

Noun

amphicarpy (uncountable)

(biology) The production by a plant of more than one type of fruit. Sometimes restricted to situations where one fruit type is aerial and one is underground.

Translations

production by a plant of only some diaspores beneath the soil

Portuguese: anficarpia f

See also

heterocarpy
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