pleurocarp

Pleurocarp

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

noun
a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk [ant: acrocarp
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