angiocarpous

angiocarpous has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 12.

Definitions

• a.. Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule.
• a.. Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.
• a.. having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk