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moss
- Main Entry:
- 1moss

- Pronunciation:
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\ˈmȯs\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English, from Old English mos; akin to Old High German mos moss, Latin muscus
- Date:
- before 12th century
1chiefly Scottish : bog, swamp; especially : a peat bog2 a: any of a class (Musci) of bryophytic plants characterized by a gametophyte having a small leafy often tufted stem bearing sex organs at its tip; also : a clump or sward of these plants b: any of various plants resembling moss in appearance or habit of growth3: a mossy covering
— moss·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective
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