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

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moss

n moss [mos]

(any variety of) a type of small flowerless plant, found in damp places, forming a soft green covering on tree trunks etc The bank of the river was covered in moss. mos طُحْلُب мъх mech mos das Moos βρύο musgo sammal خزه sammal mousse טְחָב काई mahovina moha lumut mosi muschio こけ 이끼 samanos sūna lumut mos mose mech musgo muşchi мох mach mah mahovina mossa พืชตะไคร่น้ำ yosun 苔蘚 мох کائی rêu 苔藓

adj mossy

mosagtig مُطَحْلَب мъхест mechový mosset moosig καλυμμένος με βρύα musgoso, cubierto de musgo samblane خزه مانند sammaleinen moussu מְכוּסֶה טְחָב काई से ढका obrastao mahovinom mohos berlumut mosagróinn muschioso, coperto di muschio こけむした 이끼가 가득 낀 samaninis, samanotas sūnains; apsūnojis berlumut bemost, mosachtig mosegrodd omszały musguento acoperit cu muşchi мшистый machový mahovnat mahovinast mossig ซึ่งปกคลุมด้วยต้นมอส yosunlu 生了苔的 вкритий мохом کائی زدہ có rêu 生了苔的