pleurocarpous

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adjective

Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia.

Similar
cladanthouspleurocarpic
Opposite
acrocarpous
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Meanings

adjectivepleurocarpous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologySide-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia.

    Synonyms: cladanthous, pleurocarpic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSide-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia.

Similar
cladanthouspleurocarpic
Opposite
acrocarpous

More synonyms by meaning

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

Opposite
acrocarpous
Also see
cladanthouspleurocarpic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From pleuro- + -carpous.

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Translations

German pleurocarp
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APA

pleurocarpous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleurocarpous

MLA

“pleurocarpous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleurocarpous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pleurocarpous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleurocarpous.

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