Musci

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Musci
       n : true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid
           gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales;
           Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales [syn: {Bryopsida}, {class
           Bryopsida}, {class Musci}]