Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cryptogamic plants, forming an order of the Hepaticæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Marchantiales — a group ofchambered liverworts .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli
Etymologies
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Examples
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In most forms the capsule is raised above the general surface at the time of opening, usually by the rapid growth of the seta, but in the Marchantiaceae by the sporogonia being raised on a special archegoniophore.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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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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Tell ---- I have in view the division of the vegetable kingdom analagous to radiata, they include all the Marchantiaceae, and are, to all intents and purposes, Vegetable Radiata. "
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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