Meanings
adjectiveacroscopic (not comparable)
- not comparableToward or facing the apex.
Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5Antonyms: basiscopic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveToward or facing the apex.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivefacing or on the side toward the apex
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Latin acroscopicus
- acroscopicustoward or facing the apex
Portuguese acroscópico
- acroscópicotoward or facing the apex
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with acroscopic
topicmicroscopicphilanthropicspectroscopictelescopicendoscopictropicmacroscopicectopicpsychotropicatopicmyopicarthroscopicmesoscopicanthropicinotropicmisanthropicpleiotropicfluoroscopicbarotropicgyroscopicadrenocorticotropicpolytropicstroboscopic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
acroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acroscopic
MLA
“acroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acroscopic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acroscopic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acroscopic.
Source: acroscopic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.