a. Bot. [mod. f. Gr. ἄκρο-, see ACRO- + καρπ-ός fruit + -OUS.] Having the fructification at the end or top of the primary axis; terminal-fruited. Said of some mosses.
1863. M. Berkeley, Brit. Mosses, Gloss., 311. Acrocarpus, bearing fruit at the tip of the stem or branches.
1875. Bennett & Dyer, Sachs’ Bot. The flower of Mosses either terminates the growth of a primary axis (Acrocarpous Mosses), or the axis is indeterminate.
