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MARCHANTIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Marchantiaceae mean?
• MARCHANTIACEAE (noun)
The noun MARCHANTIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli
Familiarity information: MARCHANTIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Marchantiaceae; Marchantiaceae
Hypernyms ("Marchantiaceae" is a kind of...):
moss family (a family of mosses)
Meronyms (members of "Marchantiaceae"):
genus Marchantia; Marchantia (type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores)
Holonyms ("Marchantiaceae" is a member of...):
Marchantiales; order Marchantiales (liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally)
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