'Heterocarpism' definitions:
Definition of 'Heterocarpism'
From: GCIDE
- Heterocarpism \Het`er*o*car"pism\, n. [Hetero- + Gr.? fruit.] (Bot.) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarp[ae]a, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground. [1913 Webster]