acrogynous

[ uh-kroj-uh-nuhs ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. having the female reproductive organ arising from the apical cell of the stem, thereby terminating its growth, as certain liverworts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of acrogynous¹

acro- + -gynous

Example Sentences

The Acrogynous Jungermanniaceae fall into a number of natural groups, which cannot, however, be followed out here.

From Project Gutenberg

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

In the Acrogynous Jungermanniaceae the plant is throughout foliose, and the archegonia occupy the ends of the main shoot or of its branches.

From Project Gutenberg