Andreaeales

plural noun

An·​dre·​ae·​a·​les

ˌandrēˈēəˌlēz

: an order of Musci comprising a single genus of brown or blackish alpine mosses with a capsule that dehisces by four longitudinal slits

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from Andreaea genus of mosses (after Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae †1793 German apothecary and naturalist) + -ales -ales

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

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