mniaceae

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Mniaceae
    n 1: 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: {Mniaceae},
         {family Mniaceae}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mniaceae \Mniaceae\ prop. n.
   A natural family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses
   andgonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated
   as a subfamily of {Bryaceae}.

   Syn: family {Mniaceae}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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