anacrogynous

[ an-uh-kroj-uh-nuhs ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. having the female sexual organs arising from any cell below the apex of a plant's stem, thereby not terminating its growth, as with certain liverworts. Compare acrogynous.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anacrogynous¹

an- ¹ + acrogynous

Example Sentences

Indications of how this may have come about are afforded by the lower group of the Anacrogynous Jungermanniaceae, and throughout the Acrogynous Jungermanniacae the plant has well-marked stem and leaves.

From Project Gutenberg

Lastly Haplomitrium, a rare British genus, forms with the exotic Calobryum, an isolated group which is most naturally placed among the anacrogynous forms although the archegonia are in terminal groups.

From Project Gutenberg