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moss

[maws, mos] / mɔs, mɒs /
NOUN
flowerless plant
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Other species have long legs and live among moss, while some are sturdier frogs adapted to life on the ground.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Sphagnum moss plants had helped keep some of the ground wet and prevented severe damage.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

With dated production and too many songs that make a good first impression but fail to stick, “Steel Wheels” has gathered moss over the years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Carlini demonstrated how powerful Mythos can be one afternoon recently at Anthropic’s 10-story San Francisco headquarters, where moss walls, plants and artwork are designed to evoke the Pacific Coast Trail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

It was a head taller than him, and thickly covered with moss and blueberry scrub.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Jones said the best way to spot healthy peatland was the plants growing on it, "there'll be grasses, sedges, heathers, critically there will often be bog mosses of the genus sphagnum".

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

"Millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk on the surface of the Earth."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

It says high levels of rainfall, alongside relatively mild temperatures all year round, provide the right environment for rare lichens and mosses.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Early signs such as mosses, lichens and ferns growing on existing trees was a "really good indicator" of suitability, he added.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

The water roars and tumbles below us, sending up a soft spray that nurtures mosses and maidenhair ferns where it falls.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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