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acrocarpous

acrocarpous adjective: developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.

Adjective

acrocarpous (comparative more acrocarpous, superlative most acrocarpous)

  1. Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.

acrocarpous meaning in Tamil and Kannada

acrocarpous in Tamil

உச்சியிற்பழந்தருகின்ற

acrocarpous in Kannada

ಅಕ್ಷಾಂತ ಫಲ

Forms of acrocarpous

comparativemore acrocarpous
superlativemost acrocarpous

Origin of acrocarpous

From acro- + -carpous.

Questions about acrocarpous

What does acrocarpous mean?
Acrocarpous means developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.
What is acrocarpous in Tamil?
Acrocarpous in Tamil is உச்சியிற்பழந்தருகின்ற. See Acrocarpous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acrocarpous?
Acrocarpous is an adjective.

Words near acrocarpous in the dictionary

  1. acrobrachycephaly
  2. acrobranching
  3. acrocallosal
  4. acrocapitofemoral
  5. acrocarp
  6. acrocarpous
  7. acrocarps
  8. acrocentric
  9. acrocentricity
  10. acrocentrics
  11. acrocephalia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acrocarpous (page history and authors); acrocarpous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acrocarpous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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