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MARCHANTIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli

Synonyms:

family Marchantiaceae; Marchantiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

moss family (a family of mosses)

Meronyms (members of "Marchantiaceae"):

genus Marchantia; Marchantia (type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores)

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

Marchantiales; order Marchantiales (liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally)

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