Hypernym

noun

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

Member_meronym

Bryophyta 1

noun

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)

Andreaeales 1

noun

comprises a single genus: Andreaea

Bryales 1

noun

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

Dicranales 1

noun

widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems

Eubryales 1

noun

mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules

Bryopsida 1

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales

Synonyms

class Bryopsida 1
true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
Musci 1
true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
class Musci 1
true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales