pleurocarpous, a. Bot.
(plʊərəʊˈkɑːpəs)
[mod. f. pleuro- + Gr. καρπ-ός fruit + -ous.]
Of mosses: Bearing the fructification on the sides of the branches; lateral-fruited. Cf. acrocarpous.
| 1863 Berkeley Brit. Mosses iii. 14 In Pleurocarpous Mosses..true ramification constantly takes place. 1866 ― in Treas. Bot. 766 The same genus [of mosses] has acrocarpous and pleurocarpous species. |