moss
31moss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. liverwort; club, peat, etc. moss. See vegetable. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of mosses include: musci, bryophyta, sphagnum, peat moss, mosslike lichen, Iceland, rock, club; see also plant . III (Roget s… …
32moss — [OE] The prehistoric Germanic ancestor of moss was *musam. This had two distinct meanings: ‘swamp’ and ‘moss’. It is not altogether clear which was primary, but it seems more probable than not that ‘moss’ (a plant which frequents damp places) was …
33moss — [OE] The prehistoric Germanic ancestor of moss was *musam. This had two distinct meanings: ‘swamp’ and ‘moss’. It is not altogether clear which was primary, but it seems more probable than not that ‘moss’ (a plant which frequents damp places) was …
34Moss — This long established surname, widespread both in England and Ireland, has two distinct possible sources as an English surname, and a further interpretation when found in the latter country. From an early date, Moss has been used in Ireland as a… …
35moss — Synonyms and related words: algae, autophyte, baygall, bean, bog, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, bracken, brown algae, buffalo wallow, climber, club moss, conferva, confervoid, creeper, diatom, everglade, fen, fenland, fern, flowering moss, fruits… …
36moss — [[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… …
37Moss — 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… …
38moss — 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 …
39moss — Limu (for various kinds, see Haw. Eng. entry and entries that follow it). Also: ēkaha, hinihini ula, huluhulu a īlio, huluhulu a Ka au hele moa, iliohe, kalauipo, līpoa kuahiwi, mākole mākōpi i (mākōpi i, maka ōpi i, kala makapi i), ōnohiawa …
40moss — 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… …
