FAMILY SELAGINELLACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Selaginellaceae mean? 

• FAMILY SELAGINELLACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY SELAGINELLACEAE has 1 sense:

1. lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses

  Familiarity information: FAMILY SELAGINELLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SELAGINELLACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Selaginellaceae; Selaginellaceae

Hypernyms ("family Selaginellaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Selaginellaceae"):

genus Selaginella; Selaginella (type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss)

Holonyms ("family Selaginellaceae" is a member of...):

order Selaginellales; Selaginellales (in some classifications included in Lycopodiales)