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Meaning of heterocarpy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The production of multiple kinds of fruit on the same plant.

uncountable

Equivalents

Français hétérocarpie
Italiano eterocarpia

Examples

“The production of two or more distinct fruit types by an individual, i.e. heterocarpy, is considered as a mixed dispersal strategy in which a proportion of the offspring is able to colonize new sites, whilst others remain near the maternal location.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

heterocatalysis heterocatenation heterocentricity heterocentrism heterocephalus heterocephaly

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