FAMILY DICRANACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Dicranaceae mean? 

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

1. mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY DICRANACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dicranaceae; family Dicranaceae

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

moss family (a family of mosses)

Meronyms (members of "family Dicranaceae"):

Dicranum; genus Dicranum (type genus of Dicranaceae)

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

Dicranales; order Dicranales (widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems)