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monocarpic

adjective mono·car·pic \-ˈkär-pik\

Definition of MONOCARPIC

:  bearing fruit but once and then dying
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Origin of MONOCARPIC

probably from New Latin *monocarpicus, from mon- + -carpicus -carpic
First Known Use: 1849

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