BRYALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space

Synonyms:

Bryales; order Bryales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant order (the order of plants)

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

Bryopsida; class Bryopsida; class Musci; Musci (true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales)

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