angiocarpous

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. In botany: Having a fruit inclosed within a distinct covering, as the filbert within its husk.
2. Having the receptacle closed, as in gastromycetous fungi, or opening only by a pore, as in pyrenomycetous fungi and some lichens.

Wiktionary

1. adj. describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule.
2. adj. Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk