moss
Pronunciation:
/mɑs//mɒs//mɔs/noun
Definitions
Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
A kind or species of such plants.
Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
Example: Irish moss
A bog; a fen.
Example: the mosses of the Scottish border
verb
Definitions
To become covered with moss.
Example: An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.
To cover (something) with moss.