Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 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: Mniaceae, family Mniaceae]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mniaceae \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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Mniaceae
    n 1: 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: Mniaceae,
         family Mniaceae]