Acrocarpous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acrocarpous \Ac`ro*car"pous\, a. [Gr. ? extreme, highest + ?
     fruit.] (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.


         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acrocarpous
       adj : (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
             [ant: {pleurocarpous}]