| 单词 | screw moss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscrew moss screw moss n. any moss of (or formerly included in) the genus Tortula (family Pottiaceae), the members of which have a peristome consisting of twisted hair-like processes. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > other mosses golden maidenhair1578 polytrichon1578 bryon1597 maidenhair moss1597 mountain coralline1598 chalice-moss1610 purple bottle1650 water moss1663 fern-moss1698 hypnum1753 Mnium1754 rock tripe1763 feather-moss1776 scaly water-moss1796 screw moss1804 hog-bed1816 fringe-moss1818 caribou moss1831 apple moss1841 bristle-moss1844 scale-moss1846 anophyte1850 robin's rye1854 wall moss1855 fork-moss1860 thread-moss1864 lattice moss1868 robin-wheat1886 1804 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. XIX. 1299 (heading) Tortula mucronulata. Pointed-leaved Screw-moss. 1854 J. Hogg Microscope 398 When the lid of the fruit..falls off, a curious tuft of twisted hairs appears, forming a kind of fringe; and it is from these twisted hairs that the plant [sc. Tortula muralis] takes its popular name of screw-moss. 1913 S. L. Bastin Flowerless Plants 75 The Screw Mosses (Tortula) are also common on rocks and walls. 2005 Times (Nexis) 26 Mar. (Weekend Review section) 25 Neat little cushions of screw moss on top of the walls. < as lemmas |
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