Dictionary - Definition of HYPNUM


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Hypnum" is a common misspelling or typo for: Gypsum, Hyponymy, Hyponym, Hyponyms, Bynum.

Date "Hypnum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hypnum \Hyp"num\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression moss.]. (references)

Specialty Expressions: HYPNUM

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Hypnum peat	Mining	Peat composed mostly of disintegrated plants of hypnum, often associated with other mosses and with intermingled rootlets of sedges and other flowing plants. It is formed chiefly in areas where the ground is only slightly acid, neutral, or slightly alkaline; it is brownish or drab, light, spongy, and matted, and often laminated and porous. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"HYPNUM" is a common misspelling or typo for: Gypsum, Hyponymy, Hyponym, Hyponyms, Bynum.

Date "HYPNUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hypnum \Hyp"num\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression moss.]. (references)

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Hypnum peat	Mining	Peat composed mostly of disintegrated plants of hypnum, often associated with other mosses and with intermingled rootlets of sedges and other flowing plants. It is formed chiefly in areas where the ground is only slightly acid, neutral, or slightly alkaline; it is brownish or drab, light, spongy, and matted, and often laminated and porous. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top