anacrogynous

American  

[an-uh-kroj-uh-nuhs] / ˌæn əˈkrɒdʒ ə nəs /

adjective

Botany.

1. having the female sexual organs arising from any cell below the apex of a plant's stem, thereby not terminating its growth, as with certain liverworts.

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Etymology

Origin of anacrogynous

an- ¹ + acrogynous

Example Sentences

Lastly Haplomitrium, a rare British genus, forms with the exotic Calobryum, an isolated group which is most naturally placed among the anacrogynous forms although the archegonia are in terminal groups.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various