moss

Word Type

n.

moss Meaning Definition

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.

Synonyms for moss

algae,autophyte,baygall,bean,bog,bottom,bottomland,bottoms,bracken,brown algae,buffalo wallow,climber,club moss,conferva,confervoid,creeper,diatom,everglade,fen,fenland,fern,flowering moss,fruits and vegetables,fucus,fungus,glade,grapevine,green algae,gulfweed,herb,heterophyte,hog wallow,holm,ivy,kelp,legume,lentil,liana,lichen,liverwort,marais,marish,marsh,marshland,meadow,mere,mire,mold,moor,moorland,morass,mud,mud flat,mushroom,parasite,parasitic plant,pea,peat bog,perthophyte,phytoplankton,planktonic algae,plant families,puffball,pulse,quag,quagmire,quicksand,red algae,red tipped moss,rockweed,rust,salt marsh,saprophyte,sargasso,sargassum,sea lentil,sea moss,sea wrack,seaweed,slob land,slough,smut,sough,sphagnum moss,succulent,sump,swale,swamp,swampland,taiga,toadstool,vetch,via,vine,wallow,wash,wort,wrack

Synonym Search Links for moss

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