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

pleuritic
pleuritical
pleuritic pneumonia
pleuritic rub
pleuritis
pleuritogenous
pleuro-
Pleurobrachia
Pleurobrachia
Pleurobrachiidae
pleurobranch
pleurobranchia
pleurocarp
pleurocarp
pleurocarpous (current term)
pleurocarpous (current term)
pleurocarpous moss
pleurocele
pleurocentesis
pleurocentrum
pleuroclysis
pleurodeles
pleurodesis
pleurodont
pleurodont
pleurodynia
pleurodynia
pleuroesophageal line
pleuroesophageal muscle
pleurogenic

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