SPHAEROCARPOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sphaerocarpos mean? 

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

1. type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHAEROCARPOS (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sphaerocarpos; genus Sphaerocarpus; Sphaerocarpos; Sphaerocarpus

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

moss genus (a genus of mosses)

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

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