pleurocarpous
/ˌplʊərə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpəs/ /ˌplɔːrə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpəs/Botany
adjective
Of mosses: bearing archegonia or capsules on short lateral branches.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From pleuro- + -carpous, after scientific Latin Pleurocarpi.
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