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    FAMILY MNIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    family Mniaceae; Mniaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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