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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

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

This moss, which can hold 20 times its own weight in water, is "really good at building peat".

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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

I wiped off some of the moss so I could look at it more closely.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Insects, reptiles, trees, lichens and mosses have been killed.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

"In heathlands like this one, native mosses have gone locally extinct or reduced significantly in their populations," he says.

From BBC ● May 30, 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

On average, mosses now begin releasing spores about four weeks earlier than they did in 1990, and the peak of spore dispersal arrives roughly six weeks sooner.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025

The sun was newly risen, and the rocks and the lichens and mosses on them shone crisp and brilliant in the morning light, but nowhere could he see a figure.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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