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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
acroscopic (not comparable)
- Toward or facing the apex.
- Antonym: basiscopic
1992, Rudolf M Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →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
toward or facing the apex