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moss

/mɑs/
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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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