moss en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /mɔs/ (US)
- /mɒs/ (UK)
- môs (US)
- mäs (cot-caught-merger)
- /mɑs/ (cot-caught-merger)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (“bog, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian möösk (“moss”), Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Alemannic German Mies (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss; lichen; marsh, swamp”), German and Luxembourgish Moos (“moss”), Low German Moss (“moss”), Danish mos (“moss”), mose (“bog; moor”), Faroese and Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Norwegian Bokmål mose (“moss”), Norwegian Nynorsk mose, Swedish mossa, mosse (“raised bog”); also Latin muscus (“moss”), Bulgarian мъх (măh, “moss”), Czech and Polish mech (“moss”), Macedonian мов (mov, “moss”), Russian and Ukrainian мох (mox, “moss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̀ховина, màhovina (“moss”), Slovak mach (“moss”), Slovene mah (“moss; raised bog; marsh; velvet; down, fluff”), Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ, “moss”). Doublet of mousse.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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).
Another says you should tense your body, look up in the air, and think about cool moss.
1989, Michael Sky, Dancing with the Fire, page 54:
- (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
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(countable, informal, uncountable) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
Spanish moss
club moss
Irish moss
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(UK, countable, regional, uncountable) A bog; a fen.
the mosses of the Scottish border
Loynton Moss
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mosses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
fire moss · oak moss · mossen · cup-moss · caribou moss · rock moss · moss-trooper · Iceland moss · mosser · moss gold · Spanish moss · fir moss · moss whin · moss-locust · moss-copper · moss-hagg · ball moss · giant moss · salt rock moss · moss-polyp · moss phlox · arctic moss · peat moss · wolf's moss · club-moss · moss campion · coral moss · Moss Bank · horned moss · fairy moss · moss-trooping · house moss · moss piglet · heath star moss · draw moss · mossed · moss stitch · dung moss · Irish moss · moss-carder bee · chalice moss · rainbow moss · mossplant · thrush moss · besom moss · moss-fibre · mossbluiter · moss-folk · moss-reeve · moss bug · crape moss · flowering moss (Pyxidanthera barbulata; Portulaca grandiflora; · moss hair · moss-hagger · tree moss · pigeon-wheat moss · snake moss · square goose-neck moss · moss-back · Ceylon moss · miner's moss · carrageen moss · round-leaved feather-moss · moss forest · moss willow · moss-wood · chin-cough moss · velvet moss · Indian feather moss · moss-house · urn moss · bog moss · muskeag moss · moss-bag · ceratodon moss · moss fern · gold spoon moss · long moss · wall screw-moss · white moss · mossberry) · moss agate · moss-bank · bear moss · moss lawn · beard moss · southern moss · sea moss · staghorn moss · springy turf moss · moss opal · moss-head · moss-cheeper · pearl moss · moss crêpe · cedar moss · moss green · hair moss · moss crab · moss-starch · starry thyme-moss · moss-rake · mossland · moss bush · a rolling stone gathers no moss · Java moss · stairstep moss · moss-draped · mossy-backed · hoary fringe moss · animal moss · rose moss · maidenhair moss · unmossed · miners moss · moss crop · old moss · idle-moss · mossless · moss pink · dyer's moss · moss-box · moss corn · miners' moss · mosslike · moss-people · Chat Moss · mosstroopery · granite moss · Christmas moss · broom moss · moss berry · moss-grown · moss-hag · warrior moss · moss-basket · apple-moss · duck moss · gold moss · enmoss · luminous moss · ditch moss · stellar calcareous moss · golden moss · Canary moss · moss-tenant · purple horn toothed moss · water moss · moss-fiber · fountain moss · silk moss · moss animalcule · Florida moss · club-foot moss · mossify · film moss · worm moss · blanket moss · moss carder · moss-rush · cypress moss · moss coral · pixie moss · plume moss (Hypnum crista-castrensis · Moss Side · moss-agate · moss horn · moss frog · mossful · fern moss · moss-work · moss-maiden · moss animal · club moss · spike moss · mossgrown · Cornish path moss · elf-cap moss · moss bee · bird's-nest moss · cup moss · moss-flow · haircap moss · mossy · fountain apple moss · American moss · head moss · scale-moss · moss-oak · moss-earth · mossery · Jaffna moss · heath-moss · moss saxifrage · moss-peat · wall moss · moss bass · moss-seat · moss locust · moss-woman · mossback · swamp moss · split moss · feather moss · woolly fringe moss · moss-backed · reindeer moss · hairy moss · moss duck · mossbacked · Corsican moss · black moss · stag's horn moss · common moss · willow moss · Turk's-cap moss · cord moss · moss mite · bristle moss · gray moss · apple moss · moss-litter · moss rose · sun moss · lung moss · hanging moss · Ashton Moss · pine-moss
Hypernyms
plant · bryophyte · organism · embryophyte · setaphyte
Translations (183)
koi рой (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sa शैवल (plants of the division Bryophyta) · lzz ფუთქირი (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mk маховина (a kind or species of such plants) · el μούσκλο (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sjd ся̄ххтар (plants of the division Bryophyta) · udi мижов (plants of the division Bryophyta) · uz yoʻsin (plants of the division Bryophyta) · lv sūnas (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mt ħażiż (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sh mah (plants of the division Bryophyta) · tl lumot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sh мах (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sl mah (plants of the division Bryophyta) · cv мӑк (plants of the division Bryophyta) · de Moos (plants of the division Bryophyta) · eve нямалра (plants of the division Bryophyta) · oc mofa (plants of the division Bryophyta) · bcl lumot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · dsb mech (plants of the division Bryophyta) · udi мамыр (plants of the division Bryophyta) · tr yosun (plants of the division Bryophyta) · duo lumot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · evn лалбука (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ar طُحْلُب (plants of the division Bryophyta) · uk мох (plants of the division Bryophyta) · tk moh (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mel lumut (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sjd се̄фьтӭрь (plants of the division Bryophyta) · vec niscio (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ar أُشْنَة (plants of the division Bryophyta) · is mosi (plants of the division Bryophyta) · hsb moch (plants of the division Bryophyta) · nog тулан (plants of the division Bryophyta) · es musgo (plants of the division Bryophyta) · su lukut (plants of the division Bryophyta) · de Moos (a kind or species of such plants) · hi हरिता (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sh маховина (plants of the division Bryophyta) · scn muscu (plants of the division Bryophyta) · smn siävŋál (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ja コケ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · eo musko (a kind or species of such plants) · yi מאָך (plants of the division Bryophyta) · pt musgo (plants of the division Bryophyta) · se darfi (plants of the division Bryophyta) · hu moha (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ru мох (plants of the division Bryophyta) · scn lippu (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fo mosi (plants of the division Bryophyta) · la muscus (plants of the division Bryophyta) · eu goroldio (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ka ხავსი (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ug مۇخ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · gd còinneach (plants of the division Bryophyta) · akl eumot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · as মছ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fi sammalikko (a kind or species of such plants) · pl mech (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ja 蘚苔 (plants of the division Bryophyta) · es musgo (a kind or species of such plants) · ro mușchi (plants of the division Bryophyta) · cu мъхъ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · msb lumot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sa शैवाल (plants of the division Bryophyta) · lb Moos (plants of the division Bryophyta) · cmn 蘚 /藓 (a kind or species of such plants) · ur کائی (plants of the division Bryophyta) · it muschio (a kind or species of such plants) · oc mossa (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ba мүк (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ii ꒊꂱ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ms lumut (plants of the division Bryophyta) · th มอสส์ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · tet lumut (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fj lumi (plants of the division Bryophyta) · cmn 青苔 (plants of the division Bryophyta) · vec mus-cio (plants of the division Bryophyta) · nl mos (a kind or species of such plants) · ja 苔 (plants of the division Bryophyta) · pot asakmêk (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fy moas (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fi sammal (plants of the division Bryophyta) · et sammal (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fur muscli (plants of the division Bryophyta) · as শেলাই (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sva ფანთქუ̂ის (plants of the division Bryophyta) · el βρύο (plants of the division Bryophyta) · it musco (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sv mossa (plants of the division Bryophyta) · et samblik (a kind or species of such plants) · cmn 苔蘚 /苔藓 (plants of the division Bryophyta) · oc molsa (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mn хөвд (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fa خزه (plants of the division Bryophyta) · unm mixhako (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mdh ulamut (plants of the division Bryophyta) · xsy 'a꞉or (plants of the division Bryophyta) · rup mushclju (plants of the division Bryophyta) · bn শৈবাল (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sc nuscu (plants of the division Bryophyta) · cy mwsogl (plants of the division Bryophyta) · nl mos (plants of the division Bryophyta) · xmf ფუთქური (plants of the division Bryophyta) · my ရေညှိ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · duu mvchin (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ny ndere (plants of the division Bryophyta) · as মছ-শেলাই (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fr mousse (a kind or species of such plants) · se sámil (plants of the division Bryophyta) · kk мүк (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ang mos (plants of the division Bryophyta) · pt musgo (a kind or species of such plants) · alt мок (plants of the division Bryophyta) · el βρύα (a kind or species of such plants) · cmn 苔 (a kind or species of such plants) · gu સેવાળ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sq myshk (plants of the division Bryophyta) · vi rêu (plants of the division Bryophyta) · cjm ꨒꨲꩄ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fy moas (a kind or species of such plants) · vec mus-cio (a kind or species of such plants) · scn muschiu (plants of the division Bryophyta) · oj aasaakamig (plants of the division Bryophyta) · da mos (plants of the division Bryophyta) · lt samanos (plants of the division Bryophyta) · bi nalumlum (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sms seeuʹter (plants of the division Bryophyta) · bho काई (plants of the division Bryophyta) · hi काई (plants of the division Bryophyta) · id lumut (plants of the division Bryophyta) · vec muscio (plants of the division Bryophyta) · se sámmál (plants of the division Bryophyta) · km ស្លែ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · gld нямолта (plants of the division Bryophyta) · be мох (plants of the division Bryophyta) · hy մամուռ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mk мов (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ko 이끼 (plants of the division Bryophyta) · smn seevtil (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mi pūkohukohu (plants of the division Bryophyta) · dgc lumot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ga caonach (plants of the division Bryophyta) · br man (plants of the division Bryophyta) · grc βρύον (plants of the division Bryophyta) · bg мъх (plants of the division Bryophyta) · rm mistgel (plants of the division Bryophyta) · cs mech (plants of the division Bryophyta) · kmr hezaz (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ca molsa (plants of the division Bryophyta) · kxd galugut (plants of the division Bryophyta) · nb mose (plants of the division Bryophyta) · haw limu (plants of the division Bryophyta) · it muschio (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ky жосул (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sga cóennae (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sh mahovina (plants of the division Bryophyta) · uz mox (plants of the division Bryophyta) · az mamır (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ltg syunys (plants of the division Bryophyta) · tg ушна (plants of the division Bryophyta) · jv lumut (plants of the division Bryophyta) · tsg lumut (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mn ᠬᠥᠪᠳᠦ (plants of the division Bryophyta) · lv sūna (plants of the division Bryophyta) · atv переске (plants of the division Bryophyta) · war lumot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · fr mousse (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ky мох (plants of the division Bryophyta) · eo musko (plants of the division Bryophyta) · ltg syuna (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sk mach (plants of the division Bryophyta) · msk lomot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · nn mose (plants of the division Bryophyta) · sv mossa (a kind or species of such plants) · ilo lumot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · udm ӝуй (plants of the division Bryophyta) · uk мох (a kind or species of such plants) · kl issuatsiaq (plants of the division Bryophyta) · he טְחָב (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mi rimu (plants of the division Bryophyta) · mrw alomot (plants of the division Bryophyta) · it musco (a kind or species of such plants)