noun
comprises a single genus: Andreaea
• Syn: ↑order Andreaeales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bryopsida, ↑class Bryopsida, ↑Musci, ↑class Musci
• Member Meronyms: ↑Andreaea, ↑genus Andreaea
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\\ˌandrēˈēəˌlēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of Musci comprising a single genus of brown or blackish alpine mosses with a capsule that dehisces by four longitudinal slits
Useful english dictionary. 2012.