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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acrocarpous \Ac`ro*car"pous\, a. [Gr. ? extreme, highest + ? fruit.] (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acrocarpous adj 1: (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem [ant: pleurocarpous]