Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Acrocarpous

Acrocarpous ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed} extreme, highest + {not transcribed} fruit.]

(a)
(Botany) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.
(b)
(Botany) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.