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stegocarpous

stegocarpous adjective: describing mosses whose capsules have a distinct operculum.

Adjective

stegocarpous (not comparable)

  1. Describing mosses whose capsules have a distinct operculum.

Origin of stegocarpous

From στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + -carpous.

Questions about stegocarpous

What does stegocarpous mean?
Stegocarpous means describing mosses whose capsules have a distinct operculum.
What part of speech is stegocarpous?
Stegocarpous is an adjective.

Words near stegocarpous in the dictionary

  1. Stegner
  2. Stegners
  3. stegnosis
  4. stegnotic
  5. stego
  6. stegocarpous
  7. stegocephalian
  8. stegocephalians
  9. stegocephalic
  10. stegocephalid
  11. stegocephalids

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