Usually means: Moss with upright, terminal sporophytes.
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  6. acrocarpous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. acrocarpous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  16. acrocarpous: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acrocarpous)

▸ adjective:  (botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.

Similar:
acrogynous, acrosporous, exoscopic, archegonial, anacrogynous, carpogenic, acarpelous, acanthocarpous, acropetal, acarpellous, more...

Types:
moss, liverwort, hornwort, more...

Phrases:
acrocarpous moss, more...

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Similar:
acrogynous, acrosporous, exoscopic, archegonial, anacrogynous, carpogenic, acarpelous, acanthocarpous, acropetal, acarpellous, more...

Types:
moss, liverwort, hornwort, more...

Phrases:
acrocarpous moss, more...



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