ORDER ANTHOCEROTALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Anthocerotales mean? 

• ORDER ANTHOCEROTALES (noun)
  The noun ORDER ANTHOCEROTALES has 1 sense:

1. hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida

  Familiarity information: ORDER ANTHOCEROTALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER ANTHOCEROTALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anthocerotales; order Anthocerotales

Hypernyms ("order Anthocerotales" is a kind of...):

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "order Anthocerotales"):

hornwort (liverworts with slender hornlike capsules)

Holonyms ("order Anthocerotales" is a member of...):

Anthoceropsida; class Anthoceropsida (hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida)