Pleurocarp

2 definitions found

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

  Pleurocarp \Pleu"ro*carp\, n. [Pleuro- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
     Any pleurocarpic moss.
     [1913 Webster] Pleurocarpic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pleurocarp
       n : a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side
           branch rather than the main stalk [syn: {pleurocarpous
           moss}] [ant: {acrocarp}]