Definition of Pleurocarpous

1. Adjective. (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches.

Antonyms: Acrocarpous
Derivative terms: Pleurocarp

Medical Definition of Pleurocarpous

1. Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; opposed to acrocarpous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleurocarpous

pleurisy with effusion
pleurite
pleuritic
pleuritic pneumonia
pleuritic rub
pleuritical
pleuritick
pleuritides
pleuritis
pleuritogenous
pleuro-
pleurobranch
pleurobranchia
pleurobranchs
pleurocarp
pleurocarpous (current term)
pleurocarpous moss
pleurocarps
pleurocele
pleurocentesis
pleurocentra
pleurocentrum
pleuroclysis
pleurocystidia
pleurocystidium
pleurodeles
pleurodeses
pleurodesis
pleurodire
pleurodires

Literary usage of Pleurocarpous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"K — A family of pleurocarpous Mosses, with the leaves arranged in four or more series, and composed of parenchymatous cells, mostly equally hexagonal and ..."

2. Mosses with Hand-lens and Microscope: A Non-technical Hand-book of the More by Abel Joel Grout (1903)
"pleurocarpous, having the sporophyte lateral on a short lateral special branch. ... pleurocarpous mosses can usually be recognized by the creeping habit. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"SUGGESTIONS FOR A MORE SATISFACTORY CLASSIFICATION OF THB pleurocarpous MOSSES. ... There are two characters of the pleurocarpous mosses whose importance in ..."

4. Mosses with a Hand-lens: A Non-technical Handbook of the More Common and by Abel Joel Grout (1905)
"pleurocarpous Mosses. The remainder of the mosses have creeping stems, seta arising from short lateral branchlets and peristome double. FAMIL\l8. ..."

5. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"K — A family of pleurocarpous Mosses, with the leaves arranged in four or more series, and composed of parenchymatous cells, mostly equally hexagonal and ..."

6. Mosses with Hand-lens and Microscope: A Non-technical Hand-book of the More by Abel Joel Grout (1903)
"pleurocarpous, having the sporophyte lateral on a short lateral special branch. ... pleurocarpous mosses can usually be recognized by the creeping habit. ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"SUGGESTIONS FOR A MORE SATISFACTORY CLASSIFICATION OF THB pleurocarpous MOSSES. ... There are two characters of the pleurocarpous mosses whose importance in ..."

8. Mosses with a Hand-lens: A Non-technical Handbook of the More Common and by Abel Joel Grout (1905)
"pleurocarpous Mosses. The remainder of the mosses have creeping stems, seta arising from short lateral branchlets and peristome double. FAMIL\l8. ..."

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