moss
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).
Other meanings
A kind or species of such plants.
Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
“Spanish moss”
A kind of
- bryophyte
Kinds of moss
- peat moss
Word history
From Old English "mos" (bog, marsh, moss).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “moss” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.