pleurocarp

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pleurocarp
    n 1: 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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