acrogenous

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acrogenous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acrogenous \Ac*rog"e*nous\, a. (Bot.)
     Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous
     plant.
     [1913 Webster]

acrogenous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acrogenous
      adj 1: pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in
             which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
             [syn: acrogenic, acrogenous]