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単為結実 (たんいけつじつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

単たん為い結けつ実じつ

also: たんいけっか

た

ん

い

け

つ

じ

つ

Meanings

1

noun

parthenocarpy

botany

Botanical term for fruit development without fertilization; produces seedless fruit.

バナナの多おおくは単たん為い結けつ実じつによって種たねなしになる。
Many bananas become seedless through parthenocarpy.
単たん為い結けつ

実じつ

は

植しょく

物ぶつ

ホルモン

処しょ

理り

で

人じん

工こう

的てき

に

誘ゆう

導どう

できる

。

Parthenocarpy can be artificially induced by plant hormone treatment.

Written forms

単為結実
- たんいけつじつ
  Standard kanji spelling for this botanical term.
- たんいけっか
  Alternate reading; less common than たんいけつじつ.
たんいけっか

Kanji

単simple, one, single
為do, change, make
結tie, bind, contract
実reality, truth, seed

Similar words

受じゅ粉ふん
Pollination; the transfer of pollen, which is the normal precursor to fertilization, whereas 単為結実 bypasses fertilization entirely.
種たねなし
Seedless; a common result of parthenocarpy, but 種なし can also result from other processes like stenospermocarpy.

Etymology

Compound of 単為 (tan'i, 'single' or 'solely') + 結実 (ketsujitsu, 'fruit-bearing'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern botanical coinage.