acroscopic
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɒpɪk
Adjective edit
acroscopic (not comparable)
- Toward or facing the apex.
- Antonym: basiscopic
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
- Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.
Translations edit
toward or facing the apex
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