In botany, describes a plant that does not produce fruit or seeds; sterile in terms of fruit production.
From Greek 'a-' (without, not) + 'karpos' (fruit) + '-ous' (adjective suffix), literally meaning 'without fruit.'
Some ornamental plants are anocarpous on purpose—gardeners breed them that way so they don't scatter seeds everywhere or drop messy fruit on driveways!
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