Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Angiocarpous

Angiocarpous (an`ji*o*kar"pus) , adjective

[Angio- + Greek karpo`s fruit.]

(a)
(Botany) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule.
(b)
(Botany) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. — Brande & C