moss

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 External links

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[edit] Etymology

Old English mos; akin to Anglo-Saxon meós, German moos, Old High German mos, mios, Icelandic mosi, Danish mos, Swedish mossa, Latin muscus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɒs/, SAMPA: /mQs/
• (US) enPR: mäs, IPA: /mɑːs/, SAMPA: /mA:s/
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  Rhymes: -ɒs

[edit] Noun

moss (countable and uncountable; plural mosses)

1. Any of various small green plants of the division Bryophyta (formerly class Musci).
2. A clump or patch of such plants covering the ground or other surface.
3. Any of various other non-related plants, algae, or fungi of a similar appearance.

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Verb

to moss (third-person singular simple present mosses, present participle mossing, simple past and past participle mossed)

1. (intransitive) To become covered with moss.

   An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.

2. (transitive) To cover (something) with moss.

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[edit] See also

• bryophyte
• lichen
• muscoid

[edit] External links

• Wikipedia article on moss