Meaning of polster | Babel Free

Definitions

A clump of moss; a glacier mouse.

Examples

“It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.”

“The polsters give the glacier the appearance of a cobble-strewn surface.”

“Moss polsters were sampled using an equivalent surface cross-section area to that of the traps.”

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