mosses
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/ˈmɑsəs/
English
Definitions
noun
- Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
- A kind or species of such plants.
- Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.“Irish moss”
- A bog; a fen.“the mosses of the Scottish border”
verb
- To become covered with moss.“An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.”
- To cover (something) with moss.
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Synonyms
acrocarpousarthropodsbirdsboysfishfishesfoamfoamsmammalsmarishmolluscspleurocarpousreptilessphagnousvascularnon-vascular plant