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FAMILY RHYNIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Primitive plants of the Paleozoic
Synonyms:
family Rhyniaceae; Rhyniaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Rhyniaceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "family Rhyniaceae"):
genus Rhynia; Rhynia (type genus of the Rhyniaceae; small leafless dichotomously branching fossil plants with terminal sporangia and smooth branching rhizomes)
genus Horneophyton; Horneophyton (Devonian fossil plant considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants; similar to genus Rhynia but smaller)
Holonyms ("family Rhyniaceae" is a member of...):
order Psilophytales; Psilophytales (Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants)
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