flowering moss

American  

noun

1. pyxie.

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Etymology

Origin of flowering moss

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The expectant, yet disappointed, listener shifted the rifle to his shoulder and rubbed his hands, which were hot and moist, upon a bunch of flowering moss.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

In the low-lying meadows, from which the water had retired, flowering moss was sending up its slender heads amid the fresh blades of grass.

From Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field by Bazin, Ren?

We found no bears, but at an elevation of 12,000 feet were some very old trees, heavily covered with flowering moss not hitherto known to science.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram

For the pillow of him I fain would see Was changed long since from my motherly knee To the garden, under the willow-tree,— Weeping-willow and flowering moss.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 by Various