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geocarpic (adjective) (not comparable)
Pertaining to fruit maturing underground as a result of the young fruit being pushed underground by curvature of a stalk after fertilization: An example of a geocarpic fruit is the peanut, one of very few such geocarpic plants!
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carpo-, carp-, -carp, -carpic, -carpium, -carpous, -carpus (fruit)
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geo-, ge- +
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