Relating to or characteristic of the acrostichum fern or plants of that genus; having the characteristics of terminal fructification.
From acrostichum (a fern genus) plus '-al' suffix, describing features characteristic of this particular group of plants with spore structures at the leaf tips.
The acrostichum fern was named for its fructification pattern that resembles the acrostic poem form—both arrange information in a line-by-line or sequential pattern from top to bottom.
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