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ANTHOCEROTALES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anthocerotales mean?
• ANTHOCEROTALES (noun)
The noun ANTHOCEROTALES has 1 sense:
1. hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
Familiarity information: ANTHOCEROTALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Anthocerotales; order Anthocerotales
Hypernyms ("Anthocerotales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Anthocerotales"):
hornwort (liverworts with slender hornlike capsules)
Holonyms ("Anthocerotales" is a member of...):
Anthoceropsida; class Anthoceropsida (hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida)
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