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from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, a division of the mosses, containing the genera in which the capsule terminates the growth of a primary axis.
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a main axis (acrocarpi) and those in which it is borne on a more or less developed lateral branch (pleurocarpi).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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