moss
/mɔs/
noun
- A small, soft, green plant that grows in clumps on damp ground, trees, rocks, or walls.
- We walked carefully over the moss on the forest floor.
- The old stone wall was covered in thick green moss.
- Moss grows best in shady, moist places.
- A type or species of such a plant.
- There are over 12,000 species of moss around the world.
- The biologist collected samples of moss from the mountainside.
- This particular moss is often used in Japanese gardens.
verb
- To cover or become covered with moss.
- The damp climate caused the statue to moss quickly.
- The garden path began to moss after the rainy season.
- The old roof had mossed over the years.