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Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.

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  1. a. Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.
  2. adj. (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
  3. Either entirely of partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley.
  4. Either entirely of partially separate, as the carpels of acompound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley.
  5. a (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses