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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Adj.

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

acrocarpous

[‚ak·rə′kär·pəs] (botany) In some mosses of the subclass Eubrya, having the sporophyte at the end of a stem and therefore exhibiting the erect habit.

acrocarpous

Antonyms for acrocarpous

adj (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem

Antonyms

pleurocarpous

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