• (a.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. • (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.
Ac`ro·car'pous adjective [ Greek ... extreme, highest + ... fruit.] (Botany) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. 
[adj] - (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
acrocarpous Bearing fruit at the end of the stalk, as some mosses.
adjective (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
having the reproductive organ at the end of the primary axis.