polycarpic

(adjective)

bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year

Related Terms

  • annual
  • monocarpic
  • perennial
  • biennial
  • senescence

Examples of polycarpic in the following topics:

  • Plant Life Spans

    • Polycarpic plants form flowers many times during their lifetime.
    • Fruit trees, such as apple and orange trees, are polycarpic; they flower every year.
    • Other polycarpic species, such as perennials, flower several times during their life span, but not each year.
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