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    PLEUROCARP

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalkplay

    Synonyms:

    pleurocarp; pleurocarpous moss

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("pleurocarp" is a kind of...):

    moss (tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants)

    Antonym:

    acrocarp (a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule))

    Derivation:

    pleurocarpous ((of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches)

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