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pleurocarpous

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[ ploor-uh-kahr-puhs ]

adjective

  1. (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.

pleurocarpous

/ ˈ±è±ôÊŠÉ™°ùəʊˌ°ìɑ˱èÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. (of mosses) having mainly horizontal trailing stems and the reproductive parts borne laterally Compare acrocarpous
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pleurocarpous1

First recorded in 1860–65; pleuro- + -carpous

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