acrocarpous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem

WordNet


Ac`ro*car"pous adjective
Etymology
Gr. extreme, highest + fruit.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

Webster 1913