layer of moss

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• moss — [ mɔs ] noun count or uncount a soft green or brown plant that grows in a layer on wet ground, rocks, or trees …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• moss animal — bryozoan. [1880 85] * * * ▪ invertebrate Introduction also called  bryozoan,         any member of the phylum Bryozoa (also called Polyzoa or Ectoprocta), in which there are about 5,000 extant species. Another 15,000 species are known only from… …   Universalium

• moss — UK [mɒs] / US [mɔs] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms moss : singular moss plural mosses a soft green or brown plant that grows in a layer on wet ground, rocks, or trees …   English dictionary

• moss fibers — mossy fibers thick afferent nerve fibers arising from the inferior cerebellar peduncle and passing into the cerebellar cortex to terminate in numerous branches or mosslike appendages around the cells of the granular layer. Cf. climbing f s …   Medical dictionary

• moss — [mɒs] noun [U] a soft green or brown plant that grows in a layer on wet ground, rocks, or trees mossy adj …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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• Scale moss — Scale Scale, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell, Dan. ski[ae]l a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale, shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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