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Bearing fruit at the end of the stem
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acrocarpous
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context botany English) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acrocarpous \Ac`ro*car"pous\, a. [Gr. ? extreme, highest + ? fruit.] (Bot.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem [ant: pleurocarpous ]