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SPHAEROCARPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sphaerocarpus mean?
• SPHAEROCARPUS (noun)
The noun SPHAEROCARPUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus
Familiarity information: SPHAEROCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Sphaerocarpus" is a kind of...):
moss genus (a genus of mosses)
Holonyms ("Sphaerocarpus" is a member of...):
family Sphaerocarpaceae; Sphaerocarpaceae (liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales)
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