heterocarpism

Noun. (botany) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive body, as in ''Amphicarpaea'', in which besides the usual pods there are others underground.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.