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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Moss  \Moss\,  n.  [OE.  mos;  akin  to  AS  me['o]s,  D.  mos,  G.  moos, 
  OHG.  mos,  mios,  Icel.  mosi,  Dan.  mos,  Sw  mossa,  Russ.  mokh', 
  L.  muscus.  Cf  {Muscoid}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  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}  (Zo["o]l.),  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Moss  \Moss\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mossed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Mossing}.] 
  To  cover  or  overgrow  with  moss. 
 
  An  oak  whose  boughs  were  mossed  with  age.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  moss 
  n  :  tiny  leafy-stemmed  flowerless  plants 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Moss,  TN 
  Zip  code(s):  38575 




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