English words for 'Irish moss'
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- (Scotland) Moss.
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
verb
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
- make less visible or unclear
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- Chondrus crispus (Irish moss, carrageen moss)
- Any such branched marine bryozoan
- Bryopsis africana, a green alga
- Palmaria palmata (dulse)
- Endocladia muricata (turfweed, nailbrush seaweed)
- Kappaphycus alvarezii (elkhorn sea moss)
- Certain green algae, such as
- any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)
- sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
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- Mastocarpus stellatus (false Irish moss), a less commonly gathered seaweed.
- Sagina subulata (syns. Sagina alexandrae), heath pearlwort, a terrestrial plant with needle-like leaves.
- Gracilaria, a genus of seaweeds, cultivated and eaten in Asian cuisines.
- Arenaria verna (golden moss)
- Soleirolia soleirolii (angel's tears), a plant in the nettle family.
- A species of edible seaweed, Chondrus crispus.
- dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
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- moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
- purslane tree (Portulacaria afra)
- winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
- Honckenya peploides
- shoreline purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)
- common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea), a widely-grown edible plant
- pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
- Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
- Halimione portulacoides
- a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
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- (US, historical) A loyal British subject during the American Revolution.
- (Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
- (US, historical) A Union sympathizer in the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church.
- (historical, derogatory) A member of the political factions that sought to prevent the exclusion of James, Duke of York, from the throne of England in the 17th century.
- (by extension) One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative.
- (now historical, derogatory) An Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits.
- an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
- a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
- a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs
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- (Ireland) Crockery.
- (in the plural) See wares.
- (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
- (Northern England, Scotland) Spring, springtime.
- (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
- (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
- items for sale to the individual consumer
- articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: ‘silverware’, ‘software’
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- (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
- (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
- (of an object) Long and narrow.
- (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
- (rustic, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
- being of delicate or slender build
- small in quantity
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- (Scotland) Moss.
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
verb
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- Chondrus crispus (Irish moss, carrageen moss)
- Any such branched marine bryozoan
- Bryopsis africana, a green alga
- Palmaria palmata (dulse)
- Endocladia muricata (turfweed, nailbrush seaweed)
- Kappaphycus alvarezii (elkhorn sea moss)
- Certain green algae, such as
- any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)
- sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
noun
- Mastocarpus stellatus (false Irish moss), a less commonly gathered seaweed.
- Sagina subulata (syns. Sagina alexandrae), heath pearlwort, a terrestrial plant with needle-like leaves.
- Gracilaria, a genus of seaweeds, cultivated and eaten in Asian cuisines.
- Arenaria verna (golden moss)
- Soleirolia soleirolii (angel's tears), a plant in the nettle family.
- A species of edible seaweed, Chondrus crispus.
- dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
noun
- moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
- purslane tree (Portulacaria afra)
- winter purslane, miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
- Honckenya peploides
- shoreline purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)
- common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea), a widely-grown edible plant
- pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
- Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants.
- Halimione portulacoides
- a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
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- (Ireland) Crockery.
- (in the plural) See wares.
- (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
- (Northern England, Scotland) Spring, springtime.
- (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
- (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
- items for sale to the individual consumer
- articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: ‘silverware’, ‘software’
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- (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
- (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
- (of an object) Long and narrow.
- (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
- (rustic, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
- being of delicate or slender build
- small in quantity