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moss agate
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moss 
  n 
1 any bryophyte of the class Musci, 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  (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 myrr mire) 
♦  mosslike  adj 
♦  mossy  adj 
♦  mossiness  n 

bog moss 
  n  another name for  →  peat moss 
Ceylon moss 
  n a red East Indian seaweed, Gracilaria lichenoides, from which agar is made 
club moss 
  n any mosslike tracheophyte plant of the phylum Lycopodophyta, having erect or creeping stems covered with tiny overlapping leaves 
Iceland moss 
  n a lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions and N Europe, with brownish edible fronds 
Irish moss 
  n  another name for  →  carrageen 
long moss 
  n  another name for  →  Spanish moss 
Moss 
  n Stirling. born 1929, English racing driver 
moss agate 
  n a variety of chalcedony with dark greenish mossy markings, used as a gemstone 
moss-grown 
  adj covered with moss 
moss layer 
  n  See  →  layer  →  2 
moss pink 
  n a North American plant, Phlox subulata, forming dense mosslike mats: cultivated for its pink, white, or lavender flowers: family Polemoniaceae, (Also called)  ground pink 
moss rose 
  n a variety of rose, Rosa centifolia muscosa, that has a mossy stem and calyx and fragrant pink flowers 
moss stitch 
  n a knitting stitch made up of alternate plain and purl stitches 
peat moss 
  n any of various mosses, esp. sphagnum, that grow in wet places in dense masses and decay to form peat, (Also called)  bog moss  See also  →  sphagnum 
reindeer moss 
  n any of various lichens of the genus Cladonia, esp. C. rangiferina, which occur in arctic and subarctic regions, providing food for reindeer 
rose moss 
  n a low-growing portulacaceous plant, Portulaca grandiflora, native to Brazil but widely cultivated as a garden plant for its brightly coloured flowers 
scale moss 
  n any of various leafy liverworts of the order Jungermanniales, which resemble mosses 
Spanish moss 
  n 
1 an epiphytic bromeliaceous plant, Tillandsia usneoides, growing in tropical and subtropical regions as long bluish-grey strands suspended from the branches of trees 
2 a tropical lichen, Usnea longissima, growing as long trailing green threads from the branches of trees, (Also called)  long moss 



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