HyperDic: acrocarp

English > 1 sense of the word *acrocarp*:
NOUN	plant	acrocarp, acrocarpous moss	a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)

English > *acrocarp*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule).
Synonym	acrocarpous moss
Broader	moss	tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
Opposite	pleurocarp, pleurocarpous moss	A moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk