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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of terrestrial mosses, with simple or sparingly branched frondiform stems and two-ranked leaves, which are conduplicate below and winged on the back. The peristome has bifid teeth, like
Dicranum . There are 24 American species.
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