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ORDER SPHAGNALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass
Synonyms:
order Sphagnales; Sphagnales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Sphagnales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "order Sphagnales"):
genus Sphagnum (a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water)
Holonyms ("order Sphagnales" 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)
