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ANTHOCEROPSIDA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida

Synonyms:

Anthoceropsida; class Anthoceropsida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Anthoceropsida" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Anthoceropsida"):

Anthocerotales; order Anthocerotales (hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida)

Anthocerotaceae; family Anthocerotaceae (hornworts)

Holonyms ("Anthoceropsida" is a member of...):

Bryophyta; division Bryophyta (a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida))

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