climacium

noun

cli·​ma·​ci·​um

klīˈmās(h)ēəm

capitalized

: a small genus (the type of the family Climaciaceae) of treelike branching true mosses compare bryales see tree moss

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek klimak-, klimax ladder + New Latin -ium

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