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moss

[maws, mos] / mɔs, mɒs /
NOUN
flowerless plant
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There are more than 1,000 types of moss in the UK.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

It's even penetrated some of the moss cells.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The fungus clings onto the moss stem, ballooning like candy floss around a stick.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

"It's taken a lot of DNA sequencing to fully identify this fungus," he says, showing me dead moss under a microscope in a lab at Amgueddfa Cymru museum.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Clare was usually fast asleep by now, moss stuffed in his good ear, and he could not remember the last time he’d soaked in the splendor of All Hallows’ Eve.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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