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acrocarpous

[ak-ruh-kahr-puhs]

adjective

Botany.

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

acrocarpous

/ ˌæəʊˈɑːə /

adjective

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

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of acrocarpous1

1860–65; < New Latin acrocarpus < Greek ó첹Dz. See acro-, -carpous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of acrocarpous1

C19: from New Latin, from Greek akrokarpos

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