释义 |
mni·um \ˈnīəm\ noun Usage: capitalized 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 : a genus of mosses (family Mniaceae) resembling Bryum but larger and with usually horizontal capsules |