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Definition of Pleurocarpous
1. Adjective. (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches.
Medical Definition of Pleurocarpous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleurocarpous
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. ..."