acrocarpousadj.

Brit.

/ˌakrə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpəs/, U.S.

/ˌækrəˈkɑrpəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: acro- comb. form, -carpous comb. form.

Etymology: < acro- comb. form + -carpous comb. form, after scientific Latin Acrocarpi, plural noun ( S. E. Bridel Muscologiae recentiorum supplementum (1819) IV. p. xii) < Hellenistic Greek ἀκρόκαρπος fruiting at the top (Theophrastus).

Botany.

Of a moss: bearing archegonia or capsules at the end or top of the primary axis; terminal-fruited. Cf. pleurocarpous adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [adjective] > of or relating to types of

sphagnous1828

splachnoid1833

acrocarpous1842

hypnoid1852

lycopodiaceous1852

astomous1857

pleurocarpous1858

gymnostomous1861

sphagneous1861

syncladous1863

systylous1863

stegocarpous1884

systylious1887

trioperculate1900

megasporangiate1901

1842 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 9 420 The acrocarpous and pleurocarpous species are nearly equal in number.

1916 E. M. Durham How to know Mosses 13 Individual plants of the acrocarpous mosses, growing erect, are easily separated.

1959 W. B. Turrill Vistas in Bot. 404 Both ‘acrocarpous’ and ‘pleurocarpous’ mosses undergo a whole series of further changes of form before the sexually mature shoots are produced.

2008 W. Cullina Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses ii. 100 Other acrocarpous species such as Polytrichum can be carefully lifted with a trowel or small spade.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acrocarpous
释义	acrocarpousadj. Brit. /ˌakrə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpəs/, U.S. /ˌækrəˈkɑrpəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: acro- comb. form, -carpous comb. form. Etymology: < acro- comb. form + -carpous comb. form, after scientific Latin Acrocarpi, plural noun ( S. E. Bridel Muscologiae recentiorum supplementum (1819) IV. p. xii) < Hellenistic Greek ἀκρόκαρπος fruiting at the top (Theophrastus). Botany. Of a moss: bearing archegonia or capsules at the end or top of the primary axis; terminal-fruited. Cf. pleurocarpous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [adjective] > of or relating to types of sphagnous1828 splachnoid1833 acrocarpous1842 hypnoid1852 lycopodiaceous1852 astomous1857 pleurocarpous1858 gymnostomous1861 sphagneous1861 syncladous1863 systylous1863 stegocarpous1884 systylious1887 trioperculate1900 megasporangiate1901 1842 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 9 420 The acrocarpous and pleurocarpous species are nearly equal in number. 1916 E. M. Durham How to know Mosses 13 Individual plants of the acrocarpous mosses, growing erect, are easily separated. 1959 W. B. Turrill Vistas in Bot. 404 Both ‘acrocarpous’ and ‘pleurocarpous’ mosses undergo a whole series of further changes of form before the sexually mature shoots are produced. 2008 W. Cullina Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses ii. 100 Other acrocarpous species such as Polytrichum can be carefully lifted with a trowel or small spade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1842
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