† muscaladj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Muscalis.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Muscalis (Lindley, as Muscales , plural: see quot. 1846 at sense A.) < classical Latin muscus moss n.¹ + -ālis -al suffix¹. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mɒ·skăl) /ˈmʌskəl/.

Botany. Obsolete. rare.

A. adj.

In J. Lindley's terminology: denoting a group of plants comprising the mosses, liverworts, and horsetails. Only in muscal alliance.

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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > moss group

muscal alliance1846

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 54 Muscales.—The Muscal Alliance.

B. n.

A plant of this group.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > a kind of

moss?a1425

moss1562

muscal1846

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 56 Natural Orders of Muscals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	muscal
释义	† muscaladj.n. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Muscalis. Etymology: < scientific Latin Muscalis (Lindley, as Muscales , plural: see quot. 1846 at sense A.) < classical Latin muscus moss n.¹ + -ālis -al suffix¹. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mɒ·skăl) /ˈmʌskəl/. Botany. Obsolete. rare. A. adj. In J. Lindley's terminology: denoting a group of plants comprising the mosses, liverworts, and horsetails. Only in muscal alliance. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > moss group muscal alliance1846 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 54 Muscales.—The Muscal Alliance. B. n. A plant of this group. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > a kind of moss?a1425 moss1562 muscal1846 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 56 Natural Orders of Muscals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1846
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