Moss Spelling Dictionary

The y in leucobrium

heard as leucobrium

spelled leucobryum

It should be there: leucobryum.

What the ear did

Bryon, the Greek word for moss, gives bryophyte and bryology too. Its upsilon is always written y.

Sound decision: y standing in for i. Said loo-koh-BRY-um.

L-E-U-C-O-B-R-Y-U-M

The full entry for leucobryum covers the name itself.

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