| / English Dictionary |
FAMILY MNIACEAE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
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
Synonyms:
family Mniaceae; Mniaceae
Classified under:
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)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
