acarpous

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/eɪˈkɑɹ.pəs/

adjective

Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.

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unfruitful
OriginAncient Greek ἄκαρπος →
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Meanings

adjectiveacarpous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyNot producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveproducing no fruit

Similar
unfruitful
Also see
unfruitful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἄκαρπος“fruitless”
  2. Englishacarpous

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄκαρπος (ákarpos, “fruitless”), from privative ἀ- (a-) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

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Translations

Bulgarian не носещ плодове
  • не носещ плодове (ne nosešt plodove)not producing fruit
Finnish hedelmätön
  • hedelmätönnot producing fruit
French acarpe
  • acarpenot producing fruit
Hungarian gyümölcstelen
  • gyümölcstelennot producing fruit
Spanish acarpo
  • acarponot producing fruit
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acarpous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acarpous

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Chicago

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