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acarpous
CIDE DICTIONARY
acarpous, a. [Gr. ; 'a priv. + fruit.].
Not producing fruit; unfruitful. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
acarpous, adj. Bot. (of a plant etc.) without fruit or that does not produce fruit.
Etymology
A-(1) + Gk karpos fruit
ROGET THESAURUS
acarpous
Unproductiveness
N unproductiveness, infertility, sterility, infecundity, masturbation, impotence, unprofitableness, waste, desert, Sahara, wild, wilderness, howling wilderness, unproductive, acarpous, inoperative, barren, addled, infertile, unfertile, unprolific, arid, sterile, unfruitful, infecund, sine prole, fallow, teemless, issueless, fruitless, unprofitable, null and void, of no effect.For further exploring for "acarpous" in Webster Dictionary Online