monocarpic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective dying after bearing fruit only once

WordNet

Mon`o*car"pic, Mon`o*car"pous adjective (Also<
  • Monocarpic
  • Monocarpous
)
Etymology
Mono- + Gr. fruit: cf. F. monocarpe.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc. ✍ Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some plants of longer duration, as the century plant.

Webster 1913