a. Bot. [f. mod.L. anthocarp-i (f. Gr. ἄνθος flower + -καρπ-ος comb. adj. form of καρπός fruit) + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to the fruits called by Lindley Anthocarpi, composed of flowers and fruit proper blended into a solid mass, as in the pine-apple.
1835. in Lindley, Introd. Bot.
1880. Gray, Bot. Text-Bk., 396. Anthocarpous, Fruits in which some organ exterior to the pericarp is concerned.
