moss

English

/mɒs/, /mɔs/, /mɑs/

noun
Definitions
  • 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 ).
  • (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
  • (informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
  • (now) A bog; a fen.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mos (pulp, mush, porridge) inherited from Old English mos (bog, peat bog, moss, marsh) inherited from *mos (marsh, moss) inherited from Proto-Germanic *musą (moss, marsh, bog) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (moss).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mews-

Gloss

moss

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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