a. Bot. [mod. f. Gr. ἀμβλό-εσθαι to miscarry, come to nought + καρπ-ός fruit + -OUS: the e in the second syllable is not etymological.] Having the seeds entirely, or in great part, abortive.
1847. in Craig.
1879. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
