acrocarpous [ˌækrəʊˈkɑːpəs]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of mosses) having clustered upright stems and the reproductive parts borne at the tip of a stem Compare pleurocarpous
[from New Latin, from Greek akrokarpos]
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| Adj. | 1. |  acrocarpous - (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stempleurocarpous - (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches |
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