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Mniaceae

noun

family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae

• Syn: ↑family Mniaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑moss family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Eubryales, ↑order Eubryales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Mnium, ↑genus Mnium

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\\nīˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, fr Mnium, type genus + -aceae

: a family of erect mosses (order Eubryales) that is sometimes treated as a subfamily of the Bryaceae but distinguished by the club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surfaces

Useful english dictionary. 2012.