Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The largest genus of mosses, embracing 30 or more subgenera that have by many authors been considered as genera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any member of the
genus Hypnum ofmosses .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The other harvested forms are sphagnum moss, humus and hypnum moss.
Peat 2008
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Many stream plants, like watercress and water hypnum, are sleek and flexible so they have less drag in the water.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Many stream plants, like watercress and water hypnum, are sleek and flexible so they have less drag in the water.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Many stream plants, like watercress and water hypnum, are sleek and flexible so they have less drag in the water.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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It is a fine place to dream in, with falls, cascades, cool rocks lined with hypnum three inches thick; shaded with maple, dogwood, alder, willow; grand clumps of lady-ferns where no hand may touch them; light filtering through translucent leaves; oaks fifty feet high; lilies eight feet high in a filled lake basin near by, and the finest libocedrus groves and tallest ferns and goldenrods.
The Yosemite John Muir 1876
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Having prepared a number of earthenware jars, and a quantity of dry moss (different species of hypnum and sphagnum), he placed a layer of moss and of pears alternately, till the jar was filled; a plug was then inserted, and sealed around with melted rosin.
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[Subtaiga forested sedge-hypnum mezotrophic and eutrophic swamps.
fbharjo commented on the word hypnum
feather moss
August 25, 2009