acrocarpous, a. Bot.
(ˌækrəʊˈkɑːpəs)
[mod. f. Gr. ἄκρο-, see acro- + καρπ-ός fruit + -ous.]
Having the fructification at the end or top of the primary axis; terminal-fruited. Said of some mosses.
| 1863 M. J. Berkeley Brit. Mosses Gloss. 311 Acrocarpus, bearing fruit at the tip of the stem or branches. 1875 Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. The flower of Mosses either terminates the growth of a primary axis (Acrocarpous Mosses), or the axis is indeterminate. |