FAMILY CERATOPHYLLACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ceratophyllaceae mean? 

• FAMILY CERATOPHYLLACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CERATOPHYLLACEAE has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CERATOPHYLLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CERATOPHYLLACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceratophyllaceae; family Ceratophyllaceae

Hypernyms ("family Ceratophyllaceae" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "family Ceratophyllaceae"):

Ceratophyllum; genus Ceratophyllum (constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts)

Holonyms ("family Ceratophyllaceae" is a member of...):

order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)