polycarpic
(adjective)
bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year
Examples of polycarpic in the following topics:
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Plant Life Spans
- Polycarpic plants form flowers many times during their lifetime.
- Fruit trees, such as apple and orange trees, are polycarpic; they flower every year.
- Other polycarpic species, such as perennials, flower several times during their life span, but not each year.