Mnium
noun
Mni·um
ˈnīəm
: a genus of mosses (family Mniaceae) resembling Bryum but larger and with usually horizontal capsules
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek mnion moss, seaweed; akin to Greek mnoos, mnous soft down, mateisai, feminine plural, walking, stepping, Middle Irish men meal, Welsh mathru to trample, Sanskrit carnamna tanner, Lithuanian miniava close turf, minti to step