leafy moss

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• moss — mosslike, adj. /maws, mos/, n. 1. any tiny, leafy stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc. 2. a growth of such plants. 3. any of various… …   Universalium

• leafy liverwort — noun moss like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic • Syn: ↑scale moss • Hypernyms: ↑liverwort, ↑hepatic • Member Holonyms: ↑Jungermanniales, ↑order Jungermanniales * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• leafy liverwort — ▪ plant also called  scale moss         any of numerous species of liverworts (class Hepatopsida), generally of the order Jungermanniales, in which the plant body is prostrate and extends horizontally in leaflike form with an upper and lower… …   Universalium

• moss — [[t]mɔs, mɒs[/t]] n. 1) pln any tiny, leafy stemmed, filamentous bryophyte of the class Musci, growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc 2) pln a growth of such plants 3) pln any of various similar plants, as… …   From formal English to slang

• Moss — Gerald, U.S. physician, 1931–1973. See M. tube. Melvin L., U.S. oral pathologist, *1923. See Gorlin Chaudhry M. syndrome. * * * moss mȯs n 1) any of a class (Musci) of bryophytic plants having a small leafy often tufted stem bearing sex organs… …   Medical dictionary

• moss — 1. Any low growing, delicate cryptogamous plant of the class Musci. 2. Popularly, any one of a number of lichens and seaweeds. [A.S. meos] Ceylon m. a red seaweed; a source of agar. club m. SYN: lycopodium. Iceland m. SYN: cetraria. Irish m. SYN …   Medical dictionary

• moss — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mos; akin to Old High German mos moss, Latin muscus Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly Scottish bog, swamp; especially a peat bog 2. a. any of a class (Musci) of bryophytic plants… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• moss — /mɒs / (say mos) noun 1. any of the cryptogamic plants which belong to the class Musci, of the bryophytes, comprising small leafy stemmed plants growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc. 2. a growth of such plants …  

• moss plant — noun 1. : moss; especially : the leafy gametophyte of the moss 2. : a small mosslike arctic heath (Cassiope hypnoides) of the family Ericaceae having delicate bell shaped white flowers …   Useful english dictionary

• moss — mÉ”s /mÉ’s n. any of various kinds of small leafy plants which grow in clusters on different surfaces (ground, rocks, trees, etc.), lichen, mildew …   English contemporary dictionary

• scale moss — noun moss like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic • Syn: ↑leafy liverwort • Hypernyms: ↑liverwort, ↑hepatic • Member Holonyms: ↑Jungermanniales, ↑order Jungermanniales * * * …   Useful english dictionary