a. Bot. [mod. f. Gr. ἀπό off, away from + -καρπ-ος, comb. adj. f. καρπός, fruit + -OUS.] Having the carpels distinct.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., Introd. 30. What I call apocarpous ovaria, or those of which the carpella are distinct.
1876. Harley, Mat. Med., 767. Ranunculaceæ distinguished by the apocarpous fruit.