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MOSS
moss
(noun) tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
moss (countable and uncountable, plural mosses)
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).
Hypernym: bryophyte
(countable) A kind or species of such plants.
(informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
Hyponyms: alga, cryptogam, lichen
(now chiefly UK regional) A bog; a fen.
Usage notes
• The plural form mosses is used when more than one kind of moss is meant. The singular moss is used referring to a collection of moss plants of the same kind.
Verb
moss (third-person singular simple present mosses, present participle mossing, simple past and past participle mossed)
(intransitive) To become covered with moss.
(transitive) To cover (something) with moss.
Anagrams
• SMOS, SMOs, soms
Proper noun
Moss
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moss is the 423rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 76,908 individuals. Moss is most common among White (69.73%) and Black (24.71%) individuals.
Anagrams
• SMOS, SMOs, soms
Noun
MOSS pl (plural only)
(computing) Acronym of MIME Object Security Services.
Proper noun
MOSS
(software) Acronym of Map Overlay and Statistical System.
(software) Acronym of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
(trading) Acronym of Market Oriented Sector Selective talks.
Anagrams
• SMOS, SMOs, soms
Source: Wiktionary
Moss, n. Etym: [OE. mos; akin to AS. meĂłs, D. mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. Muscoid.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.
Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss, etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus Lycopodium. See Club moss, under Club, and Lycopodium.
2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border.
Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of words which need no special explanation; as, moss-capped, moss-clad, moss- covered, moss-grown, etc. Black moss. See under Black, and Tillandsia.
– Bog moss. See Sphagnum.
– Feather moss, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp. several species of the genus Hypnum.
– Florida moss, Long moss, or Spanish moss. See Tillandsia.
– Iceland moss, a lichen. See Iceland Moss.
– Irish moss, a seaweed. See Carrageen.
– Moss agate (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in part to oxide of manganese. Called also Mocha stone.
– Moss animal (Zoöl.), a bryozoan.
– Moss berry (Bot.), the small cranberry (Vaccinium Oxycoccus).
– Moss campion (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly (Silene acaulis), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the Arctic circle.
– Moss land, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants, forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the water is grained off or retained in its pores.
– Moss pink (Bot.), a plant of the genus Phlox (P. subulata), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the Middle United States, and often cultivated for its handsome flowers. Gray.
– Moss rose (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived from the Provence rose.
– Moss rush (Bot.), a rush of the genus Juncus (J. squarrosus).
– Scale moss. See Hepatica.
Moss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mossing.]
Definition: To cover or overgrow with moss. An oak whose boughs were mossed with age. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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