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
Upon them were black mosslike encrustations of age, and they were bent and scarred from the attacks of long-forgotten teeth.
From Men, Women, and Boats by Stephen Crane
A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
You do not question the fact; neither did I. I found myself lying prone upon a bed of yellowish, mosslike vegetation which stretched around me in all directions for interminable miles.
From A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
