acrocarpous
(adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acrocarpous (comparative more acrocarpous, superlative most acrocarpous)
(botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac`ro*car"pous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 March 2025
(noun) a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc.
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
