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Mnium

noun

mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger

• Syn: ↑genus Mnium

• Hypernyms: ↑moss genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Mniaceae, ↑family Mniaceae

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\\ˈnīəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mnion moss, seaweed; akin to Greek mnoos, mnous soft down, mateisai, feminine plural, walking, stepping, Middle Irish men meal, Welsh mathru to trample, Sanskrit carnamna tanner, Lithuanian miniava close turf, minti to step

: a genus of mosses (family Mniaceae) resembling Bryum but larger and with usually horizontal capsules

Useful english dictionary. 2012.