Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pleurocarp \Pleu"ro*carp\, n. [Pleuro- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
   Any pleurocarpic moss.

Source : WordNet®

pleurocarp
     n : a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side
         branch rather than the main stalk [syn: {pleurocarpous
         moss}] [ant: {acrocarp}]