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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

"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.

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

She shimmied the moss from her back, groaning with relief, then gestured with a wing toward Clare.

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

"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

In 2025, he and several co-authors published another study examining the use of mosses and other bryophytes as evidence in criminal investigations.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 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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