HyperDic: acrocarpous_moss

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

English > *acrocarpous moss*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule).
Synonym	acrocarp
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