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moss

[maws, mos] / mɔs, mɒs /
NOUN
flowerless plant
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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

The scientist tracking the spread of the moss die-back fungus across the UK took BBC News to see its "fairy rings of death" in south Wales.

From BBC May 30, 2026

But our cameraman Gwyndaf Hughes has brought a macro lens, and when I peer through, I see white blobs suspended on the moss tips.

From BBC May 30, 2026

The first thing she registered was the cold and the dirt around her, which was wet and smelled of moss and decay, as if it had only recently been turned.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

He spotted dead invasive mosses on a cliffside and took samples, but couldn't work out the killer.

From BBC May 30, 2026

"This moss has just exploded. In the 1930s, native mosses would have been growing here instead," Greiff explains.

From BBC May 30, 2026

Two projects – one in the Yorkshire Dales and another on Marsden Moor near Huddersfield – are reintroducing mosses to the uplands, which it is hoped will also create diverse habitats for wildlife.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

The Smokies harbor an astonishing range of plant life—over 1,500 types of wildflower, a thousand varieties of shrub, 530 mosses and lichen, 2,000 types of fungi.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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