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Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.

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  1. a. Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.
  2. a. Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.
  3. adj. (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
  4. (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.
  5. a (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem