The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pleurocarpic — pleu·ro·car·pic … English syllables
pleurocarpic — adjective see pleurocarpous … Useful english dictionary
Pleurocarpous — Pleurocarpic Pleu ro*car pic, Pleurocarpous Pleu ro*car pous, a. (Bot.) Side fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; opposed to {acrocarpous}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pleurocarp — Pleu ro*carp, n. [Pleuro + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.) Any pleurocarpic moss. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pleurocarpous — /ploor euh kahr peuhs/, adj. (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches. Also, pleurocarpic. [1860 65; PLEURO + CARPOUS] * * * … Universalium
