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Meaning of MUSCI

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 Definition: [n]  true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
 
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 Synonyms: Bryopsida, class Bryopsida, class Musci
 
 See Also: Andreaeales, Bryales, Bryophyta, class, Dicranales, division Bryophyta, Eubryales, order Andreaeales, order Bryales, order Dicranales, order Eubryales, order Sphagnales, Sphagnales

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mus"ci\, n. pl. [L. muscus moss.] (Bot.)
An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See
{Moss}, and {Cryptogamia}.
 

 

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