SPHAEROCARPALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sphaerocarpales mean? 

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

1. small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHAEROCARPALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

order Sphaerocarpales; Sphaerocarpales

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

plant order (the order of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Sphaerocarpales"):

family Sphaerocarpaceae; Sphaerocarpaceae (liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales)

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

class Hepaticae; class Hepaticopsida; Hepaticae; Hepaticopsida (liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales)