ˈnīəm noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mnion moss, seaweed; akin to Greek mnoos, mnous soft down, mateisai, feminine plural, walking, stepping, Middle Irish men meal, Welsh mathru to trample, Sanskrit carna mna tanner, Lithuanian miniava close turf, minti to step
: a genus of mosses (family Mniaceae) resembling Bryum but larger and with usually horizontal capsules