Monocarpic \Mon`o*car"pic\, Monocarpous \Mon`o*car"pous\, a. [Mono- + Gr. ? fruit: cf. F. monocarpe.]

(Bot.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc. [1913 Webster]

Note: Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some plants of longer duration, as the century plant. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

monocarpic adj : dying after bearing fruit only once

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Monocarpic \Mon`o*car"pic\, Monocarpous \Mon`o*car"pous\, a. [Mono- + Gr. ? fruit: cf. F. monocarpe.]

(Bot.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.

Note: Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some plants of longer duration, as the century plant.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)