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14 Adjectives That End With POUS

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Word Definitions Synonyms
acarpous (adjective) producing no fruit
acrocarpous (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
amphitropous (adjective) (of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk
anatropous (adjective) (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk Synonyms: inverted
angiocarpous (adjective) having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk Synonyms: angiocarpic
apocarpous (adjective) (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
ascocarpous (adjective) of or relating to ascocarps
campylotropous (adjective) (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk
isotropous (adjective) invariant with respect to direction Synonyms: isotropic
orthotropous (adjective) (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex
pleurocarpous (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches
pompous (adjective) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display Synonyms: ceremonious
(adjective) puffed up with vanity Synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous
syncarpous (adjective) (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels
unpompous (adjective) not pompous

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