Andreaeales
plural noun
An·dre·ae·a·les
ˌandrēˈēəˌlēz
: an order of Musci comprising a single genus of brown or blackish alpine mosses with a capsule that dehisces by four longitudinal slits
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Andreaea genus of mosses (after Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae †1793 German apothecary and naturalist) + -ales -ales
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined above