monocarpic

adjective

mono·car·pic ˌmä-nə-ˈkär-pik

: bearing fruit but once and then dying

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Aeoniums, native to the Canary Islands, an archipelago located not far off the coast of northwest Africa, are magnificent monocarpic plants. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 15 May 2026

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probably from New Latin *monocarpicus, from mon- + -carpicus -carpic

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1849, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of monocarpic was in 1849

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