moss genus
English Thesaurus
1. a genus of mosses (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | genus, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | andreaea, genus andreaea, |
| definition | : | brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bryum, genus bryum, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus mnium, mnium, |
| definition | : | mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus sphagnum, |
| definition | : | a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus marchantia, marchantia, |
| definition | : | type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | bryophyta, division bryophyta, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.plant) |
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