释义 |
hyp·nea \ˈhipnēə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hypnum, genus of mosses : a genus (the type of the family Hypneaceae) comprising red algae of the order Gigartinales that have a thallus of terete fleshy branches with the tips curving inward like tendrils and that include one (H. musciformis) which is occasionally used as a source of agar |