acrocarpous

American

[ak-ruh-kahr-puhs] / ˌæk rəˈkɑr pəs /

adjective

Botany.

having the reproductive organ at the end of the primary axis.

acrocarpous British

/ ˌækrəʊˈkɑːpəs /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of acrocarpous

1860–65; < New Latin acrocarpus < Greek akrókarpos. See acro-, -carpous

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