acroscopic

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Adjective

acroscopic (not comparable)

1. 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

toward or facing the apex

• Latin: acroscopicus
• Portuguese: acroscópico