Library / English Dictionary

DICRANACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome

Synonyms:

Dicranaceae; family Dicranaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Dicranaceae" is a kind of...):

moss family (a family of mosses)

Meronyms (members of "Dicranaceae"):

Dicranum; genus Dicranum (type genus of Dicranaceae)

Holonyms ("Dicranaceae" is a member of...):

Dicranales; order Dicranales (widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems)

Credits