'Pleurocarp' definitions:

Definition of 'pleurocarp'

(from WordNet)
noun
A moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk [syn: pleurocarp, pleurocarpous moss] [ant: acrocarp, acrocarpous moss]

Definition of 'Pleurocarp'

From: GCIDE
  • Pleurocarp \Pleu"ro*carp\, n. [Pleuro- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.) Any pleurocarpic moss. [1913 Webster] Pleurocarpic

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