'Mniaceae' definitions:
Definition of 'Mniaceae'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
Definition of 'Mniaceae'
From: GCIDE
- 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]