moss
noun
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
mosslike
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a word derived from
moss.
Example Sentences
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The tiny, mosslike plants are extremely sensitive to temperature and moisture and can be used to monitor climate change.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2022
Gradually, the narrator realizes she herself has been contaminated by spores inhaled as she examined a mosslike growth that spelled out gloomy poetry on the walls of a living shaft plunging deep into the earth.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2014
Azolla caroliniana, a minute mosslike floating plant allied to the ferns, responds to light and cold with a reddish tinge, and to shade or warmth with a pure green.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
About the Shoshone, rocks and earth are clothed with a yellow, mosslike crust.
From The Truth About America by Edward Money
Before them, beyond a stretch of mosslike lawn and a broad sandy beach, rolled the sea, brilliantly blue, with the waves curling dazzlingly white.
From Elsie Marley, Honey by Joslyn Gray
