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moss family
:
NOUN
plant
moss family
a
family
of
mosses
English
>
moss family
: 1 sense
> noun 1, plant
Meaning
A
family
of
mosses
.
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
Narrower
Anthocerotaceae
,
family Anthocerotaceae
hornworts
Bryaceae
,
family Bryaceae
A
family
of
acrocarpous mosses
Dicranaceae
,
family Dicranaceae
mosses
having
costate
leaves
and
long-stalked
capsules
with
cleft
peristome
Jungermanniaceae
,
family Jungermanniaceae
Comprising the
leafy
members of the
order Jungermanniales
Marchantiaceae
,
family Marchantiaceae
liverworts
with
prostrate
and
usually
dichotomously
branched
thalli
Mniaceae
,
family Mniaceae
family
of
erect
mosses
with
club-shaped
paraphyses
and the
hexagonal
cells
of the upper
leaf
surface
Sphaerocarpaceae
,
family Sphaerocarpaceae
liverworts
with
bilaterally symmetrical
gametophytes
Broader
family
(biology) a
taxonomic group
containing one or more
genera
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