moss

Moss is a very small seedless plant that lives in moist places and grows in soft feathery patches.

(noun)

An example of moss is the soft green plants that grow on the ground under a thick forest.

See moss in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. any of various classes (esp. Bryopsida) of very small, green bryophytes having stems with leaflike structures and growing in velvety clusters on rocks, trees, moist ground, etc.
2. a growth of these
any of various similar plants, as some lichens, algae, etc.

Origin: 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

transitive verb

to cover with a growth of moss

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See moss in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

transitive verb mossed, moss·ing, moss·es

To cover with moss.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English mos, bog

Origin: , and from Medieval Latin mossa, moss (of Germanic origin)

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