Moss |
A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water. |
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Moss |
A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border. |
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Moss |
To cover or overgrow with moss. |
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Sea moss |
Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss. |
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Cup-moss |
A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia. |
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Full-grown |
Having reached the limits of growth; mature. |
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Grass-grown |
Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road. |
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Grown |
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Iceland moss |
A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent. |
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Liver-grown |
Having an enlarged liver. |
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Lung-grown |
Having lungs that adhere to the pleura. |
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