CERATOPHYLLACEAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceratophyllaceae mean?
• CERATOPHYLLACEAE (noun)
The noun CERATOPHYLLACEAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts
Familiarity information: CERATOPHYLLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CERATOPHYLLACEAE (noun)
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ceratophyllaceae; family Ceratophyllaceae
Hypernyms ("Ceratophyllaceae" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Ceratophyllaceae"):
Ceratophyllum; genus Ceratophyllum (constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts)
Holonyms ("Ceratophyllaceae" is a member of...):
order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)