Moss

Theme list: moss with definitions

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FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	BOG	SY	[v. BOGGED, BOGGING, BOGS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.
E	MOS	HKST	[n. MOS°] · a moment
—	MOSS	OY	[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] To become covered with moss.
—	MOSSY	—	[a. MOSSIER, MOSSIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered in or overgrown with moss.
—	PYXIE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A small, flowering plant of the genus Pyxidanthera, native to the eastern United States, now typically known as pyxiemoss or pixie moss.
—	MOSSED	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered in moss.
—	MOSSER	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A person who gathers Irish moss, a type of seaweed.
—	MOSSES	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of moss
—	QULLIQ	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A kudlik, a lamp used by the Inuit, consisting of a cup of soapstone filled with oil (commonly from blubber) with cottongrass or moss used as a wick.
—	APAREJO	S	[n. -JOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A kind of packsaddle formerly used in the United States military, and in Latin America, made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or similar substances.
—	HAIRCAP	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various mosses of the family Polytrichaceae.
—	LYCOPOD	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A club moss.
—	MOSSERS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of mosser
—	MOSSIER	—	[a. MOSSIER, MOSSIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered in or overgrown with moss.
—	MOSSING	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] present participle and gerund of moss
—	BRYOLOGY	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses, liverworts and hornworts).
—	LYCOPSID	S	[n. -S] · a type of club moss
—	MOSSBACK	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] A largemouth bass or moss bass (Micropterus salmoides).
—	MOSSIEST	—	[a. MOSSIER, MOSSIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered in or overgrown with moss.
—	MOSSLIKE	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Resembling moss or some aspect of it.
—	SPHAGNUM	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.
—	ACROGENIC	—	[a.] · Derivative of acrogen «any flowerless plant, such as a fern or moss, in which growth occurs from the tip of the main stem»
—	BROMELIAD	S	[n. -S] · any plant of the tropical American~ family Bromeliaceae~, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish~ moss
—	BRYOPHYTE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
—	CARRAGEEN	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Irish moss (Chondrus crispus)
—	CRYOPHYTE	S	[n. -S] · an organism, esp~ an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
—	CRYPTOGAM	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
—	LYCOPSIDS	—	[n. -S] · a type of club moss
—	MOSSINESS	—	[n. -ES] · © the state of being mossy «covered with moss»
—	PERISTOME	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.
—	PROTONEMA	L	[n. -MATA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts
—	RHIZOIDAL	—	[a.] · Derivative of rhizoid «any of various slender hairlike structures that function as roots in the gametophyte generation of mosses, ferns, and related plants»
—	SPHAGNOUS	—	[a.] · © pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss
—	SPHAGNUMS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.
—	BLANCMANGE	S	[n. -S] · © a preparation for desserts, etc~., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold
—	BROMELIADS	—	[n. -S] · any plant of the tropical American~ family Bromeliaceae~, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish~ moss
—	BRYOLOGIES	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses, liverworts and hornworts).
—	BRYOPHYTES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
—	BRYOPHYTIC	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
—	CARRAGEENS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Irish moss (Chondrus crispus)
—	CRYOPHYTES	—	[n. -S] · an organism, esp~ an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
—	LYCOPODIUM	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A club moss of the genus Lycopodium.
—	MICROPHYLL	S	[n. -S] · (botany) the relatively small type of leaf produced by club mosses and horsetails Compare megaphyll~
—	MOSSBACKED	—	[a.] · Derivative of mossback «an old turtle, shellfish, etc~, that has a growth of algae on its back»
—	PARAPHYSES	—	[n. -PHYSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
—	PARAPHYSIS	—	[n. -PHYSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
—	PERISTOMES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.
—	PROTONEMAL	—	[a.] · Derivative of protonema «a branched threadlike structure that grows from a moss spore and eventually develops into the moss plant»
—	SPOROGONIA	—	[n. -NIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The sporophyte of a bryophyte (moss, liverwort or hornwort), generally consisting of a foot, seta and capsule.
—	SPOROPHYLL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia.
—	TILLANDSIA	S	[n. -S] · © a genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America~. Tillandsia usneoides~, called long moss, black moss, Spanish~ moss, and Florida~ moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses
—	BLANCMANGES	—	[n. -S] · © a preparation for desserts, etc~., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold
—	EMBRYOPHYTE	S	[n. -S] · (botany) any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta~, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
—	ENDOTHECIUM	—	[n. -CIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The tissue found in the walls of anthers, and in moss capsules
—	HETEROSPORY	—	[n. -RIES] · Derivative of heterosporous «(of seed plants and some ferns and club mosses) producing megaspores and microspores Compare homosporous»
—	LYCOPODIUMS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A club moss of the genus Lycopodium.
—	MICROPHYLLS	—	[n. -S] · (botany) the relatively small type of leaf produced by club mosses and horsetails Compare megaphyll~
—	MOSSINESSES	—	[n. -ES] · © the state of being mossy «covered with moss»
—	OPERCULATED	—	[a.] · © closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses / ----- { operculate § operculate operculated § operculate operculated }
—	PROTONEMATA	L	[n. -MATA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts
—	SELAGINELLA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a group of ferny plants of the genus Selaginella, spike moss.
—	SPOROGONIUM	—	[n. -NIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The sporophyte of a bryophyte (moss, liverwort or hornwort), generally consisting of a foot, seta and capsule.
—	TILLANDSIAS	—	[n. -S] · © a genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America~. Tillandsia usneoides~, called long moss, black moss, Spanish~ moss, and Florida~ moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses
—	ARCHEGONIATE	S	[n. -S] · Derivative of archegonium «a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base»
—	DECORTICATOR	S	[n. -S] · © a machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc~.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees
—	EMBRYOPHYTES	—	[n. -S] · (botany) any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta~, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
—	PROTONEMATAL	—	[a.] · Derivative of protonema «a branched threadlike structure that grows from a moss spore and eventually develops into the moss plant»
—	PTERIDOPHYTE	S	[n. -S] · (in traditional classification) any plant of the division Pteridophyta~, reproducing by spores and having vascular tissue, roots, stems, and leaves: includes the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses. In modern classifications these plants are placed in separate phyla
—	ARCHEGONIATES	—	[n. -S] · Derivative of archegonium «a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base»
—	DECORTICATORS	—	[n. -S] · © a machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc~.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees
—	HETEROSPORIES	—	[n. -RIES] · Derivative of heterosporous «(of seed plants and some ferns and club mosses) producing megaspores and microspores Compare homosporous»
—	PTERIDOPHYTES	—	[n. -S] · (in traditional classification) any plant of the division Pteridophyta~, reproducing by spores and having vascular tissue, roots, stems, and leaves: includes the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses. In modern classifications these plants are placed in separate phyla

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