Dicoccous


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Di`coc´cous


a.1.(Bot.) Composed of two coherent, one-seeded carpels; as, a dicoccous capsule.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Fruit a (septicidal or loculicidal) capsule, berry, drupe or dry and indehiscent or a schizocarp, sometimes dicoccous (Galium), rarely a nutlet (Theligonum).