MNIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mniaceae mean? 

• MNIACEAE (noun)
  The noun MNIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae

  Familiarity information: MNIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MNIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Mniaceae; Mniaceae

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

moss family (a family of mosses)

Meronyms (members of "Mniaceae"):

genus Mnium; Mnium (mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger)

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

Eubryales; order Eubryales (mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules)