noun
primitive plants of the Paleozoic
• Syn: ↑family Rhyniaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑fern family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Psilophytales, ↑order Psilophytales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Rhynia, ↑genus Rhynia, ↑Horneophyton, ↑genus Horneophyton
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\\ˌrīnēˈāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of Paleozoic plants (order Psilophytales) known chiefly from the genera Rhynia and Horneophyton
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Rhyniaceae /rī-ni-āˈsi-ē/
plural noun
A family of very simple land plants (order Psilophytales) found as Old Red Sandstone fossils at Rhynie in Grampian Region, Scotland
Useful english dictionary. 2012.