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      acrocarpous
      adjective
      (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
      Roots
      akrosacro- · Greek · topmost, at the tipkarposcarp- · Greek · fruitosus-ous · Latin · having
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      The word acrocarpous breaks down into 3 roots of Greek and Latin origin: acro-, from Greek akros (“topmost, at the tip”); carp, from Greek karpos (“fruit”); and -ous, from Latin osus (“having”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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