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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).
A kind or species of such plants.
Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
"Irish moss"
A bog; a fen.
"the mosses of the Scottish border"
To become covered with moss.
"An oak whose boughs were mossed with age."
To cover (something) with moss.
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"Irish moss"
Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.…
"the mosses of the Scottish border"
A bog; a fen.…
"An oak whose boughs were mossed with age."
To become covered with moss.…
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