FAMILY SPHAEROCARPACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Sphaerocarpaceae mean? 

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

1. liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SPHAEROCARPACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Sphaerocarpaceae; Sphaerocarpaceae

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

moss family (a family of mosses)

Meronyms (members of "family Sphaerocarpaceae"):

genus Sphaerocarpos; genus Sphaerocarpus; Sphaerocarpos; Sphaerocarpus (type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus)

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

order Sphaerocarpales; Sphaerocarpales (small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales)