acrocarpous

[ak-ruh-kahr-puhs]

ac·ro·car·pous

[ak-ruh-kahr-puhs]
adjective Botany.
having the reproductive organ at the end of the primary axis.

Origin:
1860–65; < Neo-Latin acrocarpus < Greek akrókarpos. See acro-, -carpous
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Acrocarpous is always a great word to know.
So is archegonia. Does it mean:
plants with the vascular tissues xylem and phloem for transporting water and nutrients
female reproductive organ which produces eggs in bryophytes, ferns and most gymnosperms
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acrocarpous (ˌækrəʊˈkɑːpəs)
 
adj
Compare pleurocarpous (of mosses) having clustered upright stems and the reproductive parts borne at the tip of a stem
 
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek akrokarpos]

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