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FAMILY DICRANACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome
Synonyms:
Dicranaceae; family Dicranaceae
Classified under:
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)