Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of cryptogams, the largest of the class Hepaticæ; the scale-mosses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of plants comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Jungermanniales — a group ofleafy liverworts .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales
Etymologies
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Examples
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Marchantiaceae are the representatives of radiate animals, another reason why Jungermanniaceae are to be separated from them.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Jungermanniaceae the plant is throughout foliose, and the archegonia occupy the ends of the main shoot or of its branches.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The Acrogynous Jungermanniaceae fall into a number of natural groups, which cannot, however, be followed out here.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Indications of how this may have come about are afforded by the lower group of the Anacrogynous Jungermanniaceae, and throughout the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Jungermanniaceae, in which the branch continues its growth after the formation of archegonia so that they (and later the sporogonia) stand on the dorsal surface of the thallus or leafy plant.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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