moss

moss
1. noun /mɒs,mɑs/
a) Any of various small green plants of the division Bryophyta (formerly class Musci).
b) A clump or patch of such plants covering the ground or other surface.
2. verb /mɒs,mɑs/
a) To become covered with moss.

An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.

b) To cover (something) with moss.

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  • moss|y — «MS ee, MOS », adjective, moss|i|er, moss|i|est. 1. covered with moss or a mosslike substance: »a mossy bank. A wood of mossy distorted trees (Francis Parkman). 2. like moss: » …   Useful english dictionary

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  • moss — [môs, mäs] n. [ME mos, a bog, moss < OE, a swamp, akin to ON mosi, Ger moos, a bog, moss < IE * meus (> L muscus, moss) < base * meu , moist] 1. a) any of various classes (esp. Bryopsida) of very small, green bryophytes having stems… …   English World dictionary

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