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]