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Autocarpous

Autocarpous \Au`to*car"pous\, Autocarpian \Au`to*car"pi*an\, a. [Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.