{ Au′to‐car″pous (�), Au′to‐car″pi‐an (�), } a. [Auto- + Gr. καρπόσ fruit.] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.