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Any of numerous species of dark-coloured mosses (Bryophyta), possibly species of the genera Grimmia, Andreaea, Syntrichia, Cinclidotus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- 1823, Agriculture, article in (editor), Encyclopaedia Britannica, 6th Edition, Volume 1, page 373, There are, however, two general kinds of mosses; black moss, and whitish or yellow moss. The black moss is originally of a mahogany colour, but speedily becomes black upon exposure to the air.
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Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish moss), a flowering plant, particularly after it has been dried for use as stuffing and decoration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Nostoc flagelliforme (fat choy), a terrestrial cyanobacterium eaten in Chinese cuisine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Bryoria fremontii (wila), a lichen eaten by First Peoples in North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
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dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Spanish moss, old man's beard, long moss, Tillandsia usneoides
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Broader terms: air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant
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