moss

moss
noun

[mass noun]a small flowerless green plant which lacks true roots, growing in low carpets or rounded cushions in damp habitats and reproducing by means of spores released from stalked capsules
苔藓，苔类植物
Class Musci, division Bryophyta
藓纲，苔藓植物门
the trees are overgrown with vines and moss.
树上布满了藤蔓和苔藓。
[count noun]the bog is home to rare mosses.
这沼泽里生长着稀有苔藓。
■used in names of algae, lichens, and higher plants resembling moss, e.g. reindeer moss, Ceylon moss, Spanish moss
［用于形似苔藓的藻类、地衣及其他高等植物名称中，如reideer moss, ceylon moss, Spanish moss]
(Scottish & N. English)a bog, especially a peat bog
(苏格兰，北英格兰)沼泽（尤指泥炭沼）

verb

派生
moss-like
adjective
语源

Old English mos 'bog or moss', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mos and German Moos

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