Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as amphicarpous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Producing fruit of two kinds, either in shape or in time of ripening.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphi, "both") +καρπός (karpos, "fruit") + -ic

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