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pleurocarpous

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1. a. Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to acrocarpous. Source: opted
2. adj. (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches Source: wordnet
3. Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to Ant: acrocarpous. Source: webster
4. a (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches Source: ecdict

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archegonia lateral mosses acrocarpous branches capsules opposed pedicels said short true ant

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pleurites pleuritic pleuritical pleuritis pleuro-pleurobrachia pleurobranch pleurobranchia pleurocarp pleurocarpic pleurocarpous moss pleurocentrum

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