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mossgrown en · ADJ

Etymology

From moss + grown.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of moss-grown.
   alt of moss-grown
   • Immediately beyond the bridge, on the right-hand side of the road, a rusty iron gate, between solid but mouldy stone pillars, surmounted with mossgrown stone balls, imparted an air of yet lingering importance to what had once been a well-kept walled garden, [...] 1895, Sophie F[rancis] F[ane] Veitch, “A Lost Hat”, in A Modern Crusader, London: Adam & Charles Black, →OCLC, page 72:

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