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pleurocarpous

Or ···辱

[ploor-uh-kahr-puhs]

adjective

  1. (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.

pleurocarpous

/ ˈʊəəʊˌɑːə /

adjective

  1. (of mosses) having mainly horizontal trailing stems and the reproductive parts borne laterally Compare acrocarpous

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pleurocarpous1

First recorded in 1860–65; pleuro- + -carpous

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