Mniaceae

Mniaceae
noun
family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
Syn: ↑family Mniaceae
Hypernyms: ↑moss family
Member Holonyms: ↑Eubryales, ↑order Eubryales
Member Meronyms: ↑Mnium, ↑genus Mnium

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\\nīˈāsēˌē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, fr Mnium, type genus + -aceae
: a family of erect mosses (order Eubryales) that is sometimes treated as a subfamily of the Bryaceae but distinguished by the club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surfaces

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