HyperDic: pleurocarpous_moss

English > 1 sense of the expression pleurocarpous moss:
NOUNplantpleurocarpous moss, pleurocarpa moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk
English > pleurocarpous moss: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk.
Synonympleurocarp
Broadermosstiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
Oppositeacrocarp, acrocarpous mossA moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)

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