(n) 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. family 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 ]