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FAMILY MNIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Mniaceae mean?
• FAMILY MNIACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MNIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
Familiarity information: FAMILY MNIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Mniaceae; Mniaceae
Hypernyms ("family Mniaceae" is a kind of...):
moss family (a family of mosses)
Meronyms (members of "family Mniaceae"):
genus Mnium; Mnium (mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger)
Holonyms ("family Mniaceae" is a member of...):
Eubryales; order Eubryales (mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules)
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