acroscopic


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Adj.1.acroscopic - facing or on the side toward the apexacroscopic - facing or on the side toward the apex
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
basiscopic - facing or on the side toward the base
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Leaf once pinnate, leaflets attached to the adaxial surface of the rachis at 56[degrees]-60[degrees], alternate, straight to slightly falcate, 8-13 mm long and 2 mm wide, regularly spaced, interspaces 0.5 mm, rounded apex and expanded basal angle on the acroscopic side of the leaflet that forms an auricle, poorly developed or not discernible.
A fern-bennettitalean floral assemblage in Tithonian-Berriasian travertine deposits (Aguilar Formation, Burgos-Palencia, N Spain) and its palaeoclimatic and vegetational implications/Una asociacion floristica de helechos-bennettitales en acumulaciones travertinicas del Titonico-Berriasiense (Formacion Aguilar, Burgos-Palencia, Espana) y sus implicaciones paleoclimaticas y vegetacionales
Paradoxes and problems of the interpretation of the acroscopic fluctuations phenomenon.
The "scattering of the results of measurements" of processes of diverse nature is determined by the earth's motion in the inhomogeneous space-time continuum. The effect of "half-year palindromes"
Basiscopic margin contracted, acroscopic margin slightly
Systematics, ontogeny, and phylogenetic implications of exceptional anatomically preserved cycadophyte leaves from the Middle Jurassic of Bearreraig Bay, Skye, northwest Scotland

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