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Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.

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  1. a. Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.
  2. adj. pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
  3. Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.
  4. Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenousplant.
  5. a pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem