Moss is a very small soft green plant which grows on damp soil, or on wood or stone.
...ground covered over with moss.
moss in British English
(mɒs)
noun
1. Also called: mossplant
any bryophyte of the phylum Bryophyta, typically growing in dense mats on trees, rocks, moist ground, etc
See also peat moss
2.
a clump or growth of any of these plants
3.
any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as club moss, Spanish moss, Ceylon moss, rose moss, and reindeer moss
4. Scottish and Northern England
a peat bog or marsh
Derived forms
mosslike (ˈmossˌlike)
adjective
mossy (ˈmossy)
adjective
mossiness (ˈmossiness)
noun
Word origin
Old English mos swamp; compare Middle Dutch, Old High German mos bog, Old Norse mosi; compare also Old Norse mӯrrmire
Moss in British English
(mɒs)
noun
1.
Kate. born 1974, British supermodel.
2.
Sir Stirling. born 1929, English racing driver
moss in American English
(mɔs; mɑs)
noun
1.
a.
any of various classes (esp. Bryopsida) of very small, green bryophytes having stems with leaflike structures and growing in velvety clusters on rocks, trees, moist ground, etc.
b.
a growth of these
2.
any of various similar plants, as some lichens, algae, etc.
verb transitive
3.
to cover with a growth of moss
Derived forms
mosslike (ˈmossˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
ME mos, a bog, moss < OE, a swamp, akin to ON mosi, Ger moos, a bog, moss < IE *meus- (> L muscus, moss) < base *meu-, moist