splachnoid

English

Adjective

splachnoid (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the moss genus Splachnum.
   • 1874, John Lindley, Thomas Moore, The Treasury of Botany: L-Z, with supplement, page 1127:

     A remarkable genus of splachnoid mosses, with acute leaves, a mitriform veil, a capsule with a long neck, and sixteen or thirty-two entire or bifid teeth, disposed in pairs […]