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CLASS ANTHOCEROPSIDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
Synonyms:
Anthoceropsida; class Anthoceropsida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("class Anthoceropsida" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "class Anthoceropsida"):
Anthocerotales; order Anthocerotales (hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida)
Anthocerotaceae; family Anthocerotaceae (hornworts)
Holonyms ("class Anthoceropsida" is a member of...):
Bryophyta; division Bryophyta (a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida))