long moss

American  

noun

1. Spanish moss.

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long moss British  

noun

1. another name for Spanish moss

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Etymology

Origin of long moss

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Example Sentences

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long moss

It kills the long moss, but the green mold it does not seem to affect.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

They laid the keel and pushed the work with amazing energy and ingenuity, caulked the seams with long moss gathered from the neighboring trees and smeared the bottoms and sides with pitch from the pines.

From French Pathfinders in North America by Johnson, William Henry

A short walk through the long moss a-glitter with wild flowers, poppies, harebells, monkshood, and a host of sub-Arctic species, brought the lad to the top of the hill.

From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

I could not leave you, mistress, so I followed to the swamp, Where fevers fire the burning blood and the long moss hangs damp.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

And taking a strand of the long moss he scraped the greenish gray outside off, leaving a black strand like a horse hair.

From The Big Brother A Story of Indian War by Eggleston, George Cary