DICRANUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dicranum mean? 

• DICRANUM (noun)
  The noun DICRANUM has 1 sense:

1. type genus of Dicranaceae

  Familiarity information: DICRANUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DICRANUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of Dicranaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dicranum; genus Dicranum

Hypernyms ("Dicranum" is a kind of...):

moss genus (a genus of mosses)

Holonyms ("Dicranum" is a member of...):

Dicranaceae; family Dicranaceae (mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome)