acrocarpous

acrocarpous

(ˌækrəʊˈkɑːpəs)

adj

(Botany) (of mosses) having clustered upright stems and the reproductive parts borne at the tip of a stem. Compare pleurocarpous

[C19: from New Latin, from Greek akrokarpos]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

acrocarpous - (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem pleurocarpous - (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches

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