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ACROGENIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acrogenic mean?
• ACROGENIC (adjective)
The adjective ACROGENIC has 1 sense:
1. pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
Familiarity information: ACROGENIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
acrogenic; acrogenous
Pertainym:
acrogen (any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem)
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