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Acrocarpous

Acrocarpous

(Science: botany) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.

Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

Origin: gr. Extreme, highest _ fruit.


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