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moss family

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Noun1.moss family - a family of mossesmoss family - a family of mosses                  
family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
Bryophyta, division Bryophyta - a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)
Dicranaceae, family Dicranaceae - mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome
Bryaceae, family Bryaceae - a family of acrocarpous mosses
family Mniaceae, Mniaceae - family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
family Jungermanniaceae, Jungermanniaceae - comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales
family Marchantiaceae, Marchantiaceae - liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli
family Sphaerocarpaceae, Sphaerocarpaceae - liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales


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The Moss Mansion: Located in Billings, this historic house museum captures early turn-of-the-century life of the Preston Boyd Moss family.
We paid over the odds to get it but we think it was worth it in the end CAPTION(S): Guy and Alison are interior designers; The house has an unusual design and the spacious kitchen is at the front; The lounge has an oversized fireplace and sandy-coloured sofas and cushions; The couple love their clawfoot bath and relaxing neutral colours; The outside of the Moss family home and the imposing central hallway
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