pleurocarpous

adjective

pleu·​ro·​car·​pous

variants or less commonly pleurocarpic

-pik

of a moss

: bearing the archegonia and antheridia on short lateral branches compare acrocarpous

Word History

Etymology

pleurocarpous International Scientific Vocabulary pleur- + -carpous; pleurocarpic from pleur- + -carpic

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