释义 |
daw·so·nia \dȯˈsōnēə, -nyə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Dawson Turner died 1858 English botanist + New Latin -ia : a genus (the type of the family Dawsoniaceae) of large tufted erect mosses occurring in Australasia and the East Indies and having a dorsiventral capsule and a peristome subtended by numerous filamentous hairs — see dawsoniales, giant moss |