pleurocarpous
(adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pleurocarpous (not comparable)
(botany) Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia.
• pleurocarpic
• acrocarpous
Source: Wiktionary
Pleu`ro*car"pic, Pleu`ro*car"pous, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to Ant: acrocarpous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 October 2024
(noun) a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; “the literacy rate”; “the retention rate”; “the dropout rate”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
