Ricciaceae

plural noun

Ric·​ci·​a·​ce·​ae

ˌrichēˈāsēˌē

: a family comprising fleshy and typically rosette-forming liverworts that are nearly cosmopolitan in distribution and being usually included in Marchantiales but sometimes isolated in a separate order see riccia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Riccia, type genus + -aceae

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