English Dictionary

moss

/mɒs/

noun

Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).

The forest floor was covered in a thick layer of moss.

意味（1）

Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).

意味（2）

(countable) A kind or species of such plants.

意味（3）

(informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.

Spanish moss

意味（4）

(now chiefly UK regional) A bog; a fen.

the mosses of the Scottish border