ACROCARP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acrocarp mean? 

• ACROCARP (noun)
  The noun ACROCARP has 1 sense:

1. a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)

  Familiarity information: ACROCARP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROCARP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

acrocarp; acrocarpous moss

Hypernyms ("acrocarp" is a kind of...):

moss (tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants)

Antonym:

pleurocarp (a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk)