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Sphaerocarpus

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Sphaerocarpus, ↑Sphaerocarpos, ↑genus Sphaerocarpos

• Hypernyms: ↑moss genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sphaerocarpaceae, ↑family Sphaerocarpaceae

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\\-_pəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from sphaer- + -carpus

: the type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae comprising liverworts with a small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus and with the spores nearly always remaining in tetrads at maturity

Useful english dictionary. 2012.