- Acrogenous
- Acrogenous Ac*rog"e*nous, a. (Bot.) Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant. [1913 Webster]
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acrogenous — adjective Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant … Wiktionary
acrogenous — Denoting conida of fungi produced by the conidiogenous cell at the tip of a conidiophore. [acro + G. genos, birth] * * * acrog·e·nous (ə krojґə nəs) produced at the apex of a conidiophore; said of conidia … Medical dictionary
acrogenous — acrog·e·nous … English syllables
acrogenous — adjective pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem • Syn: ↑acrogenic • Pertains to noun: ↑acrogen, ↑acrogen (for: ↑acrogenic) • Derivationally related forms … Useful english dictionary
acrogenic — adjective pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem • Syn: ↑acrogenous • Pertains to noun: ↑acrogen (for: ↑acrogenous), ↑acrogen • Derivationally related forms … Useful english dictionary
ac|ro|gen|ic — «AK ruh JEHN ihk», adjective. = acrogenous. (Cf. ↑acrogenous) … Useful english dictionary
acrogenic — adj. 1. 1 pertaining to acrogens, flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem. Syn: acrogenous [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acrogen — acrogenic /ak reuh jen ik/, acrogenous /euh kroj euh neuhs/, adj. acrogenously, adv. /ak reuh jeuhn, jen /, n. Bot. a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses. [1835 45; ACRO + GEN]… … Universalium
acrogen — /ˈækrədʒən/ (say akruhjuhn) noun a plant having no proper flowers but a growing point at the end of its perennial stems, as a fern or moss. {acro + gen} –acrogenic /ækrəˈgɛnɪk/ (say akruh genik), acrogenous /əˈkrɒdʒənəs/ (say uh krojuhnuhs),… …
acrogen — n. Botany, any flowerless plant where growth takes place at the tip of the main stem. ♦ acrogenous, a … Dictionary of difficult words
