acrogynous

[uh-kroj-uh-nuhs]

a·crog·y·nous

[uh-kroj-uh-nuhs]
adjective Botany.
having the female reproductive organ arising from the apical cell of the stem, thereby terminating its growth, as certain liverworts.
Compare anacrogynous.


Origin:
acro- + -gynous
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Acrogynous is always a great word to know.
So is autotroph. Does it mean:
organism capable of self-nourishment which uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis for energy
organism that has a nucleus containing genetic material
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