Definition of Rhynia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Rhyniaceae; small leafless dichotomously branching fossil plants with terminal sporangia and smooth branching rhizomes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Rhynia
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Rhyniaceae, Rhyniaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhynia

Rhus rhodanthema
Rhus toxicodendron antigen
Rhus toxicodenedron
Rhus trilobata
Rhus typhina
Rhus venenata antigen
Rhus verniciflua
Rhus vernix
Rhyacian
Rhyacotriton
Rhyacotriton olympicus
Rhynchocephalia
Rhynchoelaps
Rhynchoelaps australis
Rhyncostylis
Rhynia
Rhyniaceae
Rhætian
Rhætians
Rhône-Alpes
Rian
Riau
Riau Islands
Ribas-Torres disease
Ribbert's theory
Ribbonism
Ribbonman
Ribbonmen
Ribes' ganglion
Ribes grossularia

Literary usage of Rhynia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"Although the study of mycorrhizae is fairly recent, the relationship between plant and fungi is not. In fact, one of the first land plants, rhynia ..."

2. Gems from Fable-land: A Collection of Fables Illustrated by Facts by William Oland Bourne (1854)
"... of China, w^ a herd-boy in rhynia; Joseph Hume, of the British Parliament, was a sailor-boy. Thousands of such instances prove that birth is less ..."

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