MOSSES

/ˈmɑsəs/
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Definition

/ˈmɑsəs/
noun
  1. 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).
  2. A kind or species of such plants.
  3. Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
    “Irish moss”
  4. A bog; a fen.
    “the mosses of the Scottish border”
verb
  1. To become covered with moss.
    “An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.”
  2. To cover (something) with moss.

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