Useful english dictionary. 2012.
genus Sphagnum — noun a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water • Hypernyms: ↑moss genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sphagnales, ↑order Sphagnales • Member Meronyms: ↑sphagnum, ↑sphagnum moss … Useful english dictionary
genus Sphaerocarpos — noun type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many lobed usually orbicular thallus • Syn: ↑Sphaerocarpus, ↑genus Sphaerocarpus, ↑Sphaerocarpos • Hypernyms: ↑moss genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sphaerocarpaceae … Useful english dictionary
genus Sphaerocarpus — noun type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many lobed usually orbicular thallus • Syn: ↑Sphaerocarpus, ↑Sphaerocarpos, ↑genus Sphaerocarpos • Hypernyms: ↑moss genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sphaerocarpaceae … Useful english dictionary
genus Bryum — noun type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short necked capsules • Syn: ↑Bryum • Hypernyms: ↑moss genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Bryaceae, ↑family Bryaceae … Useful english dictionary
genus Dicranum — noun type genus of Dicranaceae • Syn: ↑Dicranum • Hypernyms: ↑moss genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Dicranaceae, ↑family Dicranaceae … Useful english dictionary
genus Marchantia — noun type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores • Syn: ↑Marchantia • Hypernyms: ↑moss genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Marchantiaceae, ↑family Marchantiaceae … Useful english dictionary
genus Mnium — noun mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger • Syn: ↑Mnium • Hypernyms: ↑moss genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Mniaceae, ↑family Mniaceae … Useful english dictionary
genus Andreaea — noun brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits • Syn: ↑Andreaea • Hypernyms: ↑moss genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Andreaeales, ↑order Andreaeales … Useful english dictionary
genus Anthoceros — noun hornworts • Syn: ↑Anthoceros • Hypernyms: ↑moss genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthocerotaceae, ↑family Anthocerotaceae … Useful english dictionary
Moss — (m[o^]s; 115), n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[ o]s, D. mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh , L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.] 1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
