Moss

Definitions

1. 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).
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. Acronym of MIME Object Security Services.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, plural, plural-only
4. Acronym of Map Overlay and Statistical System.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
5. A kind or species of such plants.
   countable
6. A village and civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5914).
7. Acronym of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
8. Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
   countable, informal, uncountable
9. A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.
10. Acronym of Market Oriented Sector Selective talks.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
11. A bog; a fen.
    UK, countable, regional, uncountable
12. A number of places in the United States:
13. Former name of Moss Landing, California.
14. A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.
    countable, slang
15. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
16. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
17. A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.

Equivalents

59 more languages

العربيةأشنةالطّحلبحزازحزازياتطحلب+ 2 more

Azərbaycan dilimamır

Българскимъх

বাংলাশৈবাল

Bosanskimachmahmahovinamošмаховина+ 2 more

Catalàmolsa

Češtinamech

Cymraegmwsogl

Danskmos

Ελληνικάβρύαβρύομούσκλιμούσκλο+ 1 more

Esperantomusko

Eestisambliksammal

فارسیخزه

Suomikarhunsammallehtisammalsammalsammalikkosammaloitua+ 2 more

Vosa Vakavitilumi

Gaeilgecaonach

Gàidhligblàrcòinneachmòine

Galegomofomusgo

ગુજરાતીસેવાળ

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻilimu

עבריתטחב

हिन्दीकाई

Hrvatskimachmahmahovinamošмаховина+ 2 more

Magyarmoha

Հայերենմամուռ

Bahasa Indonesialumut

Íslenskamosi

Italianomuschiomusco

日本語ごけ苔蘚苔

ქართულიხავსი

Қазақ тілімүк

ភាសាខ្មែរស្លែ

한국어갈매이끼

Kurdîmoxşûna

Latinamusculummuscus

LëtzebuergeschMoos

Lietuviųsamanos

Latviešusuņasūnas

Te Reo Māoririmu

Македонскимов

Монголхөвд

Bahasa Melayulumut

မြန်မာရေညှိ

Nederlandsmos

Polskibrio-mechmechowymeszny+ 1 more

Portuguêsmusgo

Românămușchi

Русскиймох

SlovenčinaMach

Slovenščinamah

Shqipmyshk

Српскиmachmahmahovinamošмаховина+ 2 more

Svenskamossa

ไทยกูดตะไคร่น้ำมอสส์

Tagaloglumot

Türkçeyosun

Українськамох

O'zbekchamoxyoʻsin

Tiếng Việtrêu

Examples

“Spanish moss”

“Irish moss”

“club moss”

“the mosses of the Scottish border⟳”

“Loynton Moss”

“Bro, that moss was insane!”

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