ACROGENOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acrogenous mean? 

• ACROGENOUS (adjective)
  The adjective ACROGENOUS has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem

  Familiarity information: ACROGENOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROGENOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

acrogenic; acrogenous

Pertainym:

acrogen (any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem)

Derivation:

acrogen (any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem)