Pleurocarpi

plural noun

Pleu·​ro·​car·​pi

in some classifications

: a group of mosses of the order Bryales comprising the pleurocarpous forms compare acrocarpi

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pleur- + -carpi (plural of -carpus)

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