monocarp

A noun referring to a plant that flowers, bears fruit, and then dies after a single reproductive cycle.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma planta que floresce, frutifica e depois morre após um único ciclo reprodutivo.

1. Fruiting once B2 formal scientific

   A plant that flowers, bears fruit only once, and then dies, often after many years of growth.

   • The century plant is a famous monocarp that blooms after decades.
   • Bamboo species often exhibit a monocarpic lifecycle, dying after seeding.
   • Many agaves are monocarpic, putting all their energy into a single flowering event.

   🇵🇹Monocárpico

   Antônimos: polycarp

• monocarps plural form
• monocarps' possessive plural form
• monocarp's possessive singular form