PLEUROCARPOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pleurocarpous mean? 

• PLEUROCARPOUS (adjective)
  The adjective PLEUROCARPOUS has 1 sense:

1. (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches

  Familiarity information: PLEUROCARPOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLEUROCARPOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches

Antonym:

acrocarpous ((of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem)

Derivation:

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