Akademik

Sphaerocarpaceae

noun

liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales

• Syn: ↑family Sphaerocarpaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑moss family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sphaerocarpales, ↑order Sphaerocarpales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Sphaerocarpus, ↑genus Sphaerocarpus, ↑Sphaerocarpos, ↑genus Sphaerocarpos

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\\-ōˌkärˈpāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sphaerocarpus, type genus + -aceae

: a family of liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes that is placed in the order Sphaerocarpales or sometimes included in Jungermanniales among the Anacrogynae — see sphaerocarpus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.