acarpelous
adj. C2 Proficiency acarpelous
adj. having no carpels, which are the female parts of a flower that produce seeds.
adj. lacking carpels, the female reproductive structures of a flower that contain the ovary and ovules.
The plant is acarpelous, meaning it does not produce seeds.
Botanists identified the specimen as acarpelous, noting that the absence of carpels was a defining characteristic of the species.
In some evolutionary lineages, the transition to an acarpelous structure suggests a shift toward wind pollination or asexual reproduction, bypassing the traditional seed-bearing process.