Acanthocarpous :: Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.

Acarpous :: Acarpous (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful.

Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.

Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses..

Adipous :: Adipous (a.) Fatty; adipose.

Amphicarpous :: Amphicarpous (a.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening..

Amphitropous :: Amphitropous (a.) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous..

Anatropous :: Anatropous (a.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous..

Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) 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..

Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens..

Anisotropous :: Anisotropous (a.) Anisotropic.

Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..

Antitropous :: Antitropous (a.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle..

Antitypous :: Antitypous (a.) Resisting blows; hard.

Apocarpous :: Apocarpous (a.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous..

Artocarpous :: Artocarpous (a.) Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus..

Atropous :: Atropous (a.) Not inverted; orthotropous.

Autocarpous :: Autocarpous (a.) Alt. of Autocarpia.

Blastocarpous :: Blastocarpous (a.) Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove..

Brachytypous :: Brachytypous (a.) Of a short form.

Bullpout :: Bullpout (n.) See Bullhead, 1 (b)..

Campylotropous :: Campylotropous (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together..

Capouch :: Capouch (n. & v. t.) Same as Capoch.

Caulocarpous :: Caulocarpous (a.) Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs..

Compound :: Compound (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc..

Compound :: Compound (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine..

Compound :: Compound (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite..

Compound :: Compound (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

Compound :: Compound (v. t.) To compose; to constitute.

Compound :: Compound (v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt..

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