acrogynous
[uh-kroj-uh-nuh s]
- having the female reproductive organ arising from the apical cell of the stem, thereby terminating its growth, as certain liverworts.
Compare anacrogynous.
Origin of acrogynous
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The Acrogynous Jungermanniaceae fall into a number of natural groups, which cannot, however, be followed out here.