(n) Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia, Syn. Piptadenia macrocarpa
(n) medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood, Syn. mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, burr oak, Quercus macrocarpa
(n) a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea, Syn. edible-podded pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon
(n) orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected, Syn. Catasetum macrocarpum
(n) tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting, Syn. Cupressus macrocarpa
(n) mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California, Syn. Calochortus macrocarpus
a. [ Gr. &unr_; extreme, highest + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]