English words for 'Resembling moss.'
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- 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).
- (informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
- (American football, slang, countable) A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.
- (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
- (now chiefly UK regional) A bog; a fen.
- tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
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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
noun
- (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
- (figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- (figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- a garment that covers the head and face
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
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noun
- a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
- a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
- a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
- a shortened version of a written work
- a structure that encloses a body part
- a small container
- a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
- (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
- (wine) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
- One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
- (physiology) A membranous envelope.
- (anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
- (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
- A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
- (anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
- A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
- (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
- (astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
- (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
verb
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
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
noun
- (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
- (figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- (figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- a garment that covers the head and face
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
verb
noun
- a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
- a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
- a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
- a shortened version of a written work
- a structure that encloses a body part
- a small container
- a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
- (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
- (wine) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
- One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
- (physiology) A membranous envelope.
- (anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
- (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
- A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
- (anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
- A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
- (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
- (astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
- (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
verb
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
verb
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).
- (informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
- (American football, slang, countable) A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.
- (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
- (now chiefly UK regional) A bog; a fen.
- tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
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