adjective
- Growing from the apex or tip; increasing in length from the end rather than from the base.
Usage: botanical/biological term; technical
Examples
- The acrogenic growth pattern of the fern frond extends outward from its tip.
- In acrogenic development, new cells are added at the apex of the structure.
- The botanist observed acrogenic elongation in the plant's stem.
- Acrogenic growth is characteristic of certain types of algae and mosses.