moss (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *moss*:
NOUN	plant	moss	tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

moss > pronunciation
Sounds	mao's
Rhymes	across ... toss: 21 rhymes with aos...

English > *moss*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
Narrower	acrocarp, acrocarpous moss	A moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)
	pleurocarp, pleurocarpous moss	A moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk
	sphagnum, sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss	Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
Broader	bryophyte, nonvascular plant	Any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
Spanish	bryophyta sensu stricto, musgo, musgos, verdín
Catalan	molsa
Adjectives	mossy	overgrown with moss

HyperDic: moss