jungermannia

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jungermannia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jungermannia \Jun`ger*man"ni*a\, prop. n.; pl.
     Jungermanni[ae]. [NL. Named after Ludwig Jungermann, a
     German botanist.] (Bot.)
     A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but
     formerly comprising most plants of the family, which is
     sometimes therefore called Jungermanniace[ae].
     [1913 Webster]