Definition of Pleurocarp

1. Noun. A moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk.

Exact synonyms: Pleurocarpous Moss
Generic synonyms: Moss
Antonyms: Acrocarp
Derivative terms: Pleurocarpous

Definition of Pleurocarp

1. n. Any pleurocarpic moss.

Definition of Pleurocarp

1. Noun. (botany) Any pleurocarpic moss. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Pleurocarp

1. Any pleurocarpic moss. Origin: Pleuro- + Gr. Fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleurocarp

pleurisy root
pleurisy with effusion
pleurite
pleuritic
pleuritic pneumonia
pleuritic rub
pleuritical
pleuritick
pleuritides
pleuritis
pleuritogenous
pleuro-
pleurobranch
pleurobranchia
pleurobranchs
pleurocarp (current term)
pleurocarpous
pleurocarpous moss
pleurocarps
pleurocele
pleurocentesis
pleurocentra
pleurocentrum
pleuroclysis
pleurocystidia
pleurocystidium
pleurodeles
pleurodeses
pleurodesis
pleurodire

Literary usage of Pleurocarp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. by George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller (1866)
"The species is common in tropical America ; we have also apparently the same from the Philippine Irlands. 6. pleurocarp. ..."

2. Zeitschrift für mathematischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht edited by Volkmar Hoffman (1902)
"(163 S. m. 10 Abb. u. 3 Taf.) Jena, Fischer. 7,00. Palacky, Studien zur Verbreitung der Moose. II: Die pleurocarp. ..."

3. Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. by George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller (1866)
"The species is common in tropical America ; we have also apparently the same from the Philippine Irlands. 6. pleurocarp. ..."

4. Zeitschrift für mathematischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht edited by Volkmar Hoffman (1902)
"(163 S. m. 10 Abb. u. 3 Taf.) Jena, Fischer. 7,00. Palacky, Studien zur Verbreitung der Moose. II: Die pleurocarp. ..."

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