| pleurocarp | (n) a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk, Syn. pleurocarpous moss, Ant. acrocarp |
| pleurocarpous | (adj) (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches, Ant. acrocarpous |
| Pleurocarp | n. [ Pleuro- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Any pleurocarpic moss. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pleurocarpous | |