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moss M0434600 (môs, mŏs)n.1. a. Any of various green, usually small, nonvascular plants of the division Bryophyta, having leaflike structures arranged around the stem and spores borne in a capsule.b. A patch or covering of such plants.2. Any of various other unrelated plants having a similar appearance or manner of growth, such as Irish moss, Spanish moss, and the club mosses.tr.v. mossed, moss·ing, moss·es To cover with moss.
[Middle English, from Old English mos, bog, and from Medieval Latin mossa, moss (of Germanic origin).]moss (mɒs) n1. (Plants) Also called: mossplant any bryophyte of the phylum Bryophyta, typically growing in dense mats on trees, rocks, moist ground, etc. See also peat moss2. (Plants) a clump or growth of any of these plants3. (Plants) any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as club moss, Spanish moss, Ceylon moss, rose moss, and reindeer moss4. (Physical Geography) Scot and Northern English a peat bog or marsh[Old English mos swamp; compare Middle Dutch, Old High German mos bog, Old Norse mosi; compare also Old Norse mӯrr mire] ˈmossˌlike adj ˈmossy adj ˈmossiness n
Moss (mɒs) n1. (Biography) Kate. born 1974, British supermodel.2. (Biography) Sir Stirling. born 1929, English racing drivermoss (mɔs, mɒs)
n. 1. any tiny, leafy-stemmed, filamentous bryophyte of the class Musci, growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc. 2. a growth of such plants. 3. any of various similar plants, as Iceland moss or club moss. v.t. 4. to cover with a growth of moss. [before 1000; Middle English mos(se), Old English mos moss, bog; akin to German Moos, Old Norse mȳrr mire] moss′like`, adj. moss (môs)1. Any of numerous small, green plants that lack vascular tissue and do not bear seeds. Mosses usually live in moist, shady areas and grow in clusters or mats on the ground, rocks, and tree trunks.2. Any of a number of plants that look like mosses but are not related to them. For instance, reindeer moss is a lichen, Irish moss is an alga, and Spanish moss is a flowering plant.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  moss - tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plantsbryophyte, nonvascular plant - any of numerous plants of the division Bryophytaacrocarp, acrocarpous moss - a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)pleurocarp, pleurocarpous moss - a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalkbog moss, peat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum moss - any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat |
Translationsmoss (mos) noun (any variety of) a type of small flowerless plant, found in damp places, forming a soft green covering on tree trunks etc. The bank of the river was covered in moss. 苔蘚 苔藓ˈmossy adjective 長滿苔蘚的 长满苔藓的mossenUK
curly dirtClumps of dust. Please dust this room, and be sure to get the curly dirt that's gathered under the couch.See also: curly, dirtrolling stoneA person who wanders or travels often and at length, without settling down for any significant period of time. Based on the proverb "a rolling stone gathers no moss." I never knew my father very well. He became a bit of a rolling stone after my sister was born, so he'd only ever hang around for a week or two at a time.See also: roll, stonea rolling stone gathers no mossA person who wanders or travels often and at length will not be burdened by attachments such as friends, family, or possessions. Can be used as a negative (to suggest that such a person won't find a fulfilling place in life) or as a positive (to suggest that they will have a more interesting and unpredictable life). I never knew my father very well. Apparently he got really restless after my sister was born, anxious not to be tied down to the one place or job, so he just started moving around the country on his own. A rolling stone gathers no moss, as they say. I was just so eager to get out there and see the world, living in as many countries and trying as many new things as possible. A rolling stone gathers no moss, and I felt allergic to moss at the time.See also: gather, moss, no, roll, stonehouse mossBits of lint. Leave it to Grandma to spot every bit of house moss we missed in our cleaning.See also: house, mosscurly dirt and house moss; slut's woolpuffs of dirt and dust. How long has it been since you swept under this bed? There's a mountain of curly dirt under here! No one's been in this room for an age. Look at all the cobwebs and curly dirt. She was a terrible housekeeper. House moss collected in all the corners of her rooms.See also: curly, dirtrolling stone gathers no mossProv. A person who does not settle down is not attached to anything or anyone. (Can be said in admiration or in censure, depending on whether or not the speaker feels it is good to be attached to something or someone.) I worry about Tom. He's never lived in the same place for two years in a row, and he keeps changing jobs. A rolling stone gathers no moss.See also: gather, moss, no, roll, stonerolling stoneA person who moves about a great deal and never settles down, as in Kate's lived in ten cities in as many years-she's a real rolling stone. This expression is a shortening of the proverb a rolling stone gathers no moss, first recorded in 1523, which indicates that one who never settles anywhere will not do well. After some 300 years of this interpretation, in the mid-1800s the value of gathering moss (and staying put) began to be questioned, and in current usage the term is most often used without any particular value judgment. See also: roll, stonea rolling stone gathers no moss People say a rolling stone gathers no moss meaning that if a person keeps moving from one place to another, they will not get many friends or possessions. I'm saying that it's not a good idea to get too settled — a rolling stone gathers no moss. Note: You can call a person who does not stay in one place for long a rolling stone. I guess you could call me a rolling stone. My home is out on the waves. Note: Some people use this proverb to say that it is a bad thing to keep moving like this, and it is better to be settled. Other people use this proverb to suggest that it is a good thing to keep moving and changing, and not stay in one place. See also: gather, moss, no, roll, stonehouse moss n. little blobs of lint. (see also ghost turd.) There is some house moss under the sofa. See also: house, mossrolling stone gathers no moss, aSomeone who keeps moving and changing will not settle down and progress. This ancient proverb, first stated in this form by Erasmus in Adagia (1523), appears in numerous languages. For the first three hundred years or so it was nearly always voiced as a kind of reprimand to those who would not settle down and make good. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, the validity of this sentiment was being questioned. In Edward B. Ramsay’s Reminiscences of Scottish Life (1858) a character replied to this adage, “Ay, but can ye tell me what guid the fog [moss] does to the stane?” Shaw later wrote (Preface to Misalliance, 1914), “We keep repeating the silly proverb that rolling stones gather no moss, as if moss were a desirable parasite.” Today we may call the inveterate traveler, job-changer, or mover “a rolling stone.” The term gained further currency in the 1960s with a very popular British rock group that called itself the Rolling Stones and a popular song by Bob Dylan, “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965).See also: gather, no, roll, stonemossenUK
Moss (môs), city (1995 pop. 25,253), capital of Østfold co., SE Norway, a port on the Oslofjord. It is a commercial, industrial, and tourist center, with shipyards, sawmills, textile factories, metalworks, and breweries. On Aug. 14, 1814, the convention establishing the personal union of Sweden and Norway was signed there.
moss, any species of the class Bryopsida, in which the liverwortsliverwort,
any plant of the class Marchantiopsida. Mosses and liverworts together comprise the division Bryophyta, primitive green land plants (see moss; plant); some of the earliest land plants resembled modern liverworts.
..... Click the link for more information. are sometimes included. Mosses and liverworts together comprise the division BryophytaBryophyta
, division of green land plants that includes the mosses (class Bryopsida), the liverworts (Marchantiopsida), and the hornworts (Anthocerotopsida). The liverworts and hornworts are generally inconspicuous plants; common liverworts include species of the genera
..... Click the link for more information. , the first green land plants to develop in the process of evolution. It is believed that they evolved from certain very primitive vascular plants and have not given rise to any other type of plant. Their rootlike rhizomes and leaflike processes lack the vascular structure (xylem and phloem) of the true roots, stems, and leaves found in higher plants. Although limited to moist habitats because they require water for fertilization, bryophytes are usually extremely hardy and grow everywhere except in the sea. Mosses, the more complex class structurally, usually grow vertically rather than horizontally, like the liverworts. The green moss plant visible to the naked eye, seldom over 6 in. (15.2 cm) in height, is the gametophyte generation (see reproductionreproduction,
capacity of all living systems to give rise to new systems similar to themselves. The term reproduction may refer to this power of self-duplication of a single cell or a multicellular animal or plant organism.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Except for the commercially valuable sphagnumsphagnum
or peat moss,
any species of the large and widely distributed genus Sphagnum, economically the most valuable moss. Sphagnums, the principal constituent of peat, typically grow as a floating mat on freshwater bogs.
..... Click the link for more information. or peat moss, mosses are of little direct importance to humans. They are of some value in soil formation and filling in of barren habitats (e.g., dried lakes) prior to the growth of higher plants and also provide food for certain animals. Unrelated plants sharing the name moss include the club mossclub moss,
name generally used for the living species of the class Lycopodiopsida, a primitive subdivision of vascular plants. The Lycopodiopsida were a dominant plant group in the Carboniferous period, when they attained the size of trees, and contributed to the coal deposits
..... Click the link for more information. , flowering moss, or pyxie (of the diapensiadiapensia
, common name for the Diapensiaceae, a family of low evergreen shrubs native to cool and arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The species that are restricted to the New World are found in the E United States.
..... Click the link for more information. family), Irish moss, or carrageen (see algaealgae
[plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that lack true roots, stems, leaves, and flowers).
..... Click the link for more information. ), reindeer moss (a lichenlichen
, usually slow-growing organism of simple structure, composed of fungi (see Fungi) and photosynthetic green algae or cyanobacteria living together in a symbiotic relationship and resulting in a structure that resembles neither constituent.
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fibrous grayish-green epiphyte (Tillandsia usneoides) that hangs on trees of tropical America and the Southern states, also called Florida, southern, or long moss. It is not a true moss but a member of the pineapple family, and has inconspicuous flowers.
..... Click the link for more information. . Mosses are classified in the division Bryophyta, class Bryopsida. Bibliography See A. J. Grout, Moss Flora of North America (3 vol., 1928–39, repr. 1972). Moss a city in Norway, and a port on the Oslofjorden. Capital of the Östfold fylke (county). Population, 25,500 (1971). Local industries include shipbuilding, various types of machine building, wood pulp and paper production, and condensed milk processing. moss[mȯs] (botany) Any plant of the class Bryatae, occurring in nearly all damp habitats except the ocean. moss Scot and Northern English a peat bog or marsh
moss1. any bryophyte of the phylum Bryophyta, typically growing in dense mats on trees, rocks, moist ground, etc. 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
Moss1. Kate. born 1974, British supermodel. 2. Sir Stirling. born 1929, English racing driver mossenUK
Moss (mos), Gerald, U.S. physician, 1931-1973. See: Moss tube.
Moss (mos), Melvin L., 20th-century U.S. oral pathologist. See: Gorlin-Chaudhry-Moss syndrome.
moss (mos), 1. Any low growing, delicate cryptogamous plant of the class Musci. 2. Popularly, any one of a number of lichens and seaweeds. [A.S. meōs] mossAny low-growing green plant of the class Musci.Iceland mossAn edible lichen, Cetraria islandica. It is a demulcent that has been promoted as a treatment for bladder, kidney and lung diseases. Irish moss1. Carrageen.2. Carrageenan.peat moss1. Any moss of the large genus Sphagnum whose decomposed and compacted remains form peat. The moss is absorptive and acidic and inhibits growth of bacteria and fungi. Synonym: sphagnum moss2. The decomposed and compacted remains of the mosses, used as a soil conditioner and as a dressing for wounds. It has also been used by some primitive people as a form of external menstrual protection. Synonym: sphagnum mosssphagnum mossPeat moss.moss any bryophyte of the class Musci. Usually these are small plants (less than 5 cm high) attached to moist or wet substrates by rhizoids; this is the SPOROPHYTE generation. The sexual organs are borne on a GAMETOPHYTE generation and the ANTHERIDIA and ARCHEGONIA are on separate leaf rosettes. The male gametes are motile and after fertilization a diploid sporophyte is produced, within which haploid spores are developed, each spore giving rise to a protonema from which the new gametophyte develops.MOSS
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mossenUK
Words related to mossnoun tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plantsRelated Words- bryophyte
- nonvascular plant
- acrocarp
- acrocarpous moss
- pleurocarp
- pleurocarpous moss
- bog moss
- peat moss
- sphagnum
- sphagnum moss
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