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mossy

[maw-see, mos-ee] / ˈmɔ si, ˈmɒs i /




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My blue hair washed out to a mossy green, and I just went with it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

"The numbers of mossy cells decline with aging and Alzheimer's disease," said Alexendra Moser, PhD, a project scientist in the Svendsen Lab and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily Oct. 23, 2025

The task was challenging - not only are the frogs tiny, they are extremely well camouflaged to blend into their mossy homes.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2025

The style is evocative and creepy, thanks to rich production and costume design, the cramped house seemingly lost in time, surrounded by a damp, mossy forest.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2024

We came to a shallow blind inlet ringed by a thick fringe of mossy green growth.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

The new cottages are finely designed, but they are too black-and-white and painty to group easily with the older, mossier buildings and the White Hart Inn, with its nobly ugly sign.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson

After that the most Jabez asked of Eddie was to write "Please remit" or "Past due" on the mossier bills.

From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes

Ah," he said, "I have done fifty, without food, over the roughest and mossiest mountains.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan




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