Irish moss

Definitions

1. A species of edible seaweed, Chondrus crispus.
   countable, uncountable
2. Mastocarpus stellatus (false Irish moss), a less commonly gathered seaweed.
   countable, uncountable
3. Gracilaria, a genus of seaweeds, cultivated and eaten in Asian cuisines.
   countable, uncountable
4. Soleirolia soleirolii (angel's tears), a plant in the nettle family.
   countable, uncountable
5. Sagina subulata (syns. Sagina alexandrae), heath pearlwort, a terrestrial plant with needle-like leaves.
   countable, uncountable
6. Arenaria verna (golden moss)
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter I. "The Shipwreck", page 13. At Jerusalem village the inhabitants were collecting in haste, before a thunder-shower now approaching, the Irish moss which they had spread⟳ to dry.”

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