Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Autocarpous \Au`to*car"pous\, Autocarpian \Au`to*car"pi*an\, a.
   [Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.)
   Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate
   to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.