Definition of Hypnum

1. n. The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.

Definition of Hypnum

1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Hypnum'' of mosses. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypnum

1. a type of moss [n HYPNUMS]

Medical Definition of Hypnum

1. The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Moss. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypnum

hypnotizability
hypnotizable
hypnotizables
hypnotization
hypnotizations
hypnotize
hypnotizeable
hypnotized
hypnotizer
hypnotizers
hypnotizes
hypnotizing
hypnotizingly
hypnotoid
hypnozoite
hypnum (current term)
hypnums
hypo
hypo-
hypo-eutectoid steel
hypoacetylated
hypoacetylation
hypoacid
hypoacidity
hypoactive
hypoacusis
hypoadenia
hypoadrenalism
hypoadrenocorticism
hypoaesthesia

Literary usage of Hypnum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mosses with Hand-lens and Microscope: A Non-technical Hand-book of the More by Abel Joel Grout (1903)
"Lower part of the same X 135. (From an " original" specimen.) 4. hypnum ... hypnum radicale PB from North America (Palisot and Richard), a. ..."

2. Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Merle Coulter (1874)
"Hob.—Wet ground, near springs and shaded banks. Hall. hypnum ... Dry ground, mountains of middle altitude; common. hypnum ..."

3. The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 by George Brown Goode (1883)
"1337. hypnum stramineum, Dickson. 1338. hypnum uncinatum, Iled-w. 1339. hypnum fluitans, L. 1340. hypnum cupressiforme, L. 1341. hypnum ..."

4. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1843)
"\B'A. hypnum strigosum, the same form that Hedwig has described and figured as H. pulchellum. ... hypnum radicale. We consider this plant to be H. riparium, ..."

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