Thuidium

Translingual
Thuidium delicatulum, delicate tamarisk-moss

Etymology

From Thuya (“arborvitae, cypresses”) +‎ -idium (diminutive)[1]

Proper noun

Thuidium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Thuidiaceae – certain mosses.

References
  1. Andries Touw (2012), “Thuidiaceae: Thuidium”, in Australian Mosses Online‎ (PDF), volume 23
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