moss

moss  (môs, ms)

n.

1.

a. Any of various green, usually small, nonvascular plants of the class Musci of the division Bryophyta.

b. A patch or covering of such plants.

2. Any of various other unrelated plants having a similar appearance or manner of growth, such as the club moss, Irish moss, and Spanish moss.

tr.v. mossed, moss·ing, moss·es

To cover with moss.

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[Middle English, from Old English mos, bog, and from Medieval Latin mossa, moss (of Germanic origin).]

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moss

Noun

1. a very small flowerless plant typically growing in dense mats on trees, rocks, or moist ground

2. Scot & N English a peat bog or marsh [Old English mos swamp]

mossy adj

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moss  (môs)

1. Any of numerous small bryophyte plants belonging to the phylum Bryophyta. Mosses, unlike liverworts, have some tissues specialized for conducting water and nutrients. As in the other bryophytes, the diploid sporophyte grows on the haploid gametophyte generation, which supplies it with nutrients. Mosses often live in moist, shady areas and grow in clusters or mats. Sphagnum mosses play a crucial role in the ecology of peat bogs. See more at bryophyte.

2. Any of a number of plants that look like mosses but are not related to them. For instance, reindeer moss is a lichen, Irish moss is an alga, and Spanish moss is a bromeliad, a flowering plant.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

moss - tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants bryophyte, nonvascular plant - any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta acrocarp, acrocarpous moss - a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule) pleurocarp, pleurocarpous moss - a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk bog moss, peat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum moss - any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

Translations

moss [mɔs] n → musgo

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moss [mɔs] n → mousse f

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moss [mɔs] n → Moos nt

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moss [mɔs] n → muschio