What is "acrocarpous"

Acrocarpous \Ac`ro*car"pous\, a. [Gr. ? extreme, highest + ? fruit.] (Bot.)

1. Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.

2. Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

a. (context botany English) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.

adj. (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem [ant: pleurocarpous]