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Dicranales

noun

widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems

• Syn: ↑order Dicranales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bryopsida, ↑class Bryopsida, ↑Musci, ↑class Musci

• Member Meronyms: ↑Dicranaceae, ↑family Dicranaceae

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\\ˌdīkrəˈnā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Dicranum + -ales

: a widely distributed order of Musci comprising mosses with erect gametophores, a usually acrocarpous sporophyte, and a capsule with 16 peristome teeth — see dicranum

Useful english dictionary. 2012.