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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Anthocerotales — a group ofhornworts .
Etymologies
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Anthoceros + -aceae
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The characters of the sporogonium have as their object the nutrition and effective distribution of the spores, and only exceptionally, as in the Anthocerotaceae, are concerned with independent assimilation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Anthocerotaceae they occupy some of the mucilage slits between the cells of the lower surface of the thallus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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_Nostoc_ are constantly found in the Anthocerotaceae and in _Blasia_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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