moss

moss

 (môs, mŏs)

n.

1.

a. Any of various green, usually small, nonvascular plants of the division Bryophyta, having leaflike structures arranged around the stem and spores borne in a capsule.

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 Irish moss, Spanish moss, and the club mosses.

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

(mɒs)

n

1. (Plants) Also called: mossplant any bryophyte of the phylum Bryophyta, typically growing in dense mats on trees, rocks, moist ground, etc. See also peat moss

2. (Plants) a clump or growth of any of these plants

3. (Plants) any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as club moss, Spanish moss, Ceylon moss, rose moss, and reindeer moss

4. (Physical Geography) Scot and Northern English a peat bog or marsh

[Old English mos swamp; compare Middle Dutch, Old High German mos bog, Old Norse mosi; compare also Old Norse mӯrr mire]

ˈmossˌlike adj

ˈmossy adj

ˈmossiness n

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Moss

(mɒs)

n

1. (Biography) Kate. born 1974, British supermodel.

2. (Biography) Sir Stirling. born 1929, English racing driver

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moss

(mɔs, mɒs)
n.

1. any tiny, leafy-stemmed, filamentous bryophyte of the class Musci, growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.

2. a growth of such plants.

3. any of various similar plants, as Iceland moss or club moss.

v.t.

4. to cover with a growth of moss.

[before 1000; Middle English mos(se), Old English mos moss, bog; akin to German Moos, Old Norse mȳrr mire]

moss′like`, adj.

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moss

(môs)

1. Any of numerous small, green plants that lack vascular tissue and do not bear seeds. Mosses usually live in moist, shady areas and grow in clusters or mats on the ground, rocks, and tree trunks.

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 flowering plant.

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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

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Translations

طُحْلُبطُحْلُبٌ

mech

mos

Moos

βρύο

musgoaljdlfajijfiefchaifeeee

sambliksammalsammalduma

sammalsammaloitua

mousse

טחבי עלים

mahovina

moha

lumut

mosi

muschiomusco

コケ

이끼

samaninissamanossamanotas

sūna

mos

mose

mech

musgo

мох

mach

mah

mossa

พืชตะไคร่น้ำ

yosun

rêu

苔藓青苔

moss

[mɒs]

A. N (Bot) → musgo m
see also rolling A

B. CPD moss stitch N → punto m de musgo

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moss

[ˈmɒs] n → mousse f

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moss

n → Moos nt

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moss

[mɒs] n (Bot) → muschio

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moss

(mos) noun

(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 musgo mech das Moos mos βρύοmusgo sammal خزه sammal mousseטחב काई mahovina moha lumut mosi muschio こけ 이끼, 선류(蘚類)의 총칭 samanos sūna lumut mosmosemech حشره musgo muşchi мох mach mah mahovina mossa พืชตะไคร่น้ำ yosun 苔蘚 мох کائی rêu 苔藓

ˈmossy adjective

mosagtig مُطَحْلَب мъхест musguento mechový moosig mosset 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 낀 samaninis, samanotas sūnains; apsūnojis berlumut bemost, mosachtigmosegrodd omszały حشره غوندى musguento acoperit cu muşchi мшистый machový mahovnat mahovinast mossig ซึ่งปกคลุมด้วยต้นมอส yosunlu 長滿苔蘚的 вкритий мохом کائی زدہ có rêu 长满苔藓的

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moss

→ طُحْلُبٌ mech mos Moos βρύο musgo sammal mousse mahovina muschio コケ 이끼 mos mose mech musgo мох mossa พืชตะไคร่น้ำ yosun rêu 青苔

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