HyperDic: pleurocarpous

English > 1 sense of the word pleurocarpous:
ADJECTIVEallpleurocarpous(of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches
English > pleurocarpous: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning(of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches.
Oppositeacrocarpous(of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
Nounspleurocarpa moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk

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