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Webster 1913 Edition

Pleurocarpous

{

Pleuˊro-car′pic

,

Pleuˊro-car′pous

, }
Adj.
(Bot.)
Side-fruited; – said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; – opposed to
acrocarpous
.

Definition 2024

pleurocarpous

pleurocarpous

English

Adjective

pleurocarpous ‎(not comparable)

  1. (botany) Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia.

Synonyms

  • pleurocarpic

Antonyms

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