Definition
Describing a plant or fungus that produces fruit and continues living and reproducing after fruiting.
Etymology
From Greek 'eu' (well) + 'karpos' (fruit), meaning 'bearing fruit well.' The term entered botanical vocabulary in the 19th century to distinguish plants that fruit multiple times from those that die after one fruiting.
Kelly Says
Apple trees are eucarpic because they produce fruit year after year, but wheat plants are the opposite—they're monocarpic and die right after making one batch of seeds!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እዩካርፒክ
ee-yoo-kar-pik
ARالعربية
يوكاربيك
yookar-bik
BNবাংলা
ইউকারপিক
yoo-kar-pik
CACatalà
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
CSČeština
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
DADansk
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
DEDeutsch
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
ELΕλληνικά
ευκαρπικός
ef-kar-pik-os
ESEspañol
eucarpic
yoo-kar-pik
FAفارسی
یوکارپیک
yookar-pik
FISuomi
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
FRFrançais
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
GUGU
યુકાર્પિક
yoo-kar-pik
HAHA
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
HEעברית
אוקרפיק
ok-ri-pik
HIहिन्दी
यूकार्पिक
yoo-kar-pik
HUMagyar
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
IDBahasa Indonesia
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
IGIG
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
ITItaliano
eucarpic
yoo-kar-pik
JA日本語
ユーカリピック
yūkarīpikku
KKKK
эукарпик
yev-kar-pik
KMKM
អ៊ូការបិត
oo-ka-rab-it
MRMR
यूकार्पिक
yoo-kar-pik
MSBahasa Melayu
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
MYမြန်မာ
ရူကာလီပိတ်
yew-ka-lip-pit
NLNederlands
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
NONorsk
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
PAPA
ਈયੂਕਾਰਪਿਕ
ee-yoo-kaar-pik
PLPolski
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
PTPortuguês
eucarpic
yoo-kar-pik
RORomână
eucarpic
yoo-kar-pik
RUРусский
эукарпик
yev-kar-pik
SVSvenska
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
SWKiswahili
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
TAதமிழ்
யூகார்பிக்
yoo-gaar-pik
TEతెలుగు
యుకార్పిక్
yoo-kaar-pik
THไทย
ยูคาลิปิก
yew-ka-lip-ik
TLTL
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
TRTürkçe
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
UKУкраїнська
еука́рпік
yev-kar-pik
URاردو
یوکارپیک
yoo-kar-pik
VITiếng Việt
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
YOYO
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik
ZUZU
eucarpic
yew-kar-pik