moss

1. 1. Any of various green, usually small, nonvascular plants of the class Musci of the division Bryophyta.
   2. A patch or covering of such plants.
2. Any of various other unrelated plants having a similar appearance or manner of growth, such as the club moss, Irish moss, and Spanish moss.

[Middle English, from Old English mos, bog, and from Medieval Latin mossa, moss (of Germanic origin).]

Any of a group of small, flowerless, nonvascular plants, usually found in damp shady sites with acid soil.

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Moss is a small, soft, non-vascular plant that does not have flowers or seeds

Moss may also refer to:

In biology:

• Bog, an acidic wetland, termed "Moss" in Scotland and Northern England (e.g. Solway Moss)
• Spanish moss, a flowering bromeliad plant that grows hanging from tree branches

In geography:

• Moss, California
  • Moss, Imperial County, California
  • Moss, Monterey County, California
  • Moss, California, former name of Moss Landing, California
• Moss, Norway

In sports:

• Moss F.K., a Norwegian football club

In music:

• Moss (band), a UK extreme doom metal band
• Moss (musician), a UK musician/producer of electronica and nu-jazz

In other fields:

• Moss Bros Group PLC, a menswear outfitters in the United Kingdom
• Moss, a strip in the British comic Buster
• Moss, Norway, a town
• Tupolev Tu-126, a Soviet AWACS aircraft, NATO reporting name 'Moss'

People with the surname Moss:

• Moss (surname)

People with the given name Moss:

• Moss (given name)

See also

• MOSS (abbreviation)
• Mosse

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mos
v. tr. - dække med mos

Nederlands (Dutch)
mos, moeras, met mos bedekken

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) mousse
v. tr. - recouvrir de mousse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Moos, Moor
v. - mit Moos bedecken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) βρύο, μούσκλο

Italiano (Italian)
muschio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - musgo (m)

Русский (Russian)
мох, покрывать мхом

Español (Spanish)
n. - musgo
v. tr. - cubrir de musgo, quitar el musgo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mossa, kärr

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
苔藓, 泥沼, 以苔覆盖, 使长满苔藓

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 苔蘚, 泥沼
v. tr. - 以苔覆蓋, 使長滿苔蘚

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이끼, 늪지
v. tr. - 이끼로 덮다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 男子名, 蘚類, コケ
v. - コケでおおう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طحلب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אזוב, טחב‬
v. tr. - ‮כיסה בטחבים או באזובים‬

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