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DICRANACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dicranaceae mean?
• DICRANACEAE (noun)
The noun DICRANACEAE has 1 sense:
1. mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome
Familiarity information: DICRANACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dicranaceae; family Dicranaceae
Hypernyms ("Dicranaceae" is a kind of...):
moss family (a family of mosses)
Meronyms (members of "Dicranaceae"):
Dicranum; genus Dicranum (type genus of Dicranaceae)
Holonyms ("Dicranaceae" is a member of...):
Dicranales; order Dicranales (widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems)
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