PLEUROCARP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk

Synonyms:

pleurocarp; pleurocarpous moss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pleurocarp" is a kind of...):

moss (tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants)

Antonym:

acrocarp (a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule))

Derivation:

pleurocarpous ((of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches)