MEANING
A small, nonflowering plant that commonly forms soft green cushions or mats and reproduces by spores.
Use it for
Damp woods, green stone surfaces, and miniature ground textures.Add soft cover to hard surfaces without implying decay.
Words that belong together
- moss cushion
- moss-covered stone
- damp moss
On the page
Moss cushioned the stone beside the stream.
Drops clung to the tips of the moss.
She found tiny mushrooms among the mosses on the bank.
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Word forms
- Base
- moss
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Often collective; unlike a lichen, it is a plant rather than a fungus-associated partnership. Plural: mosses for kinds or individual growths; mass moss for cover.
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