An alternative spelling of acarpellous; having no carpels or pistil in a flower.
Variant of acarpellous using -ous instead of -ellous. Both forms appear in botanical literature with identical meaning.
The existence of both spellings—acarpellous and acarpelous—shows how botanical terminology evolved across different countries and scientific traditions that couldn't always agree on standardization.
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