parthenocarpic

adjective

par·​the·​no·​car·​pic ¦pärthənō¦kärpik 

variants or less commonly parthenocarpical

-pə̇kəl

or parthenocarpous

-pəs

: exhibiting parthenocarpy

parthenocarpically

-pə̇k(ə)lē, 

-li

adverb

Word History

Etymology

parthenocarpic International Scientific Vocabulary parthenocarpy + -ic; parthenocarpical from parthenocarpy + -ical; parthenocarpous from parthen- + -carpous

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