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moss

[maws, mos] / mɔs, mɒs /
NOUN
flowerless plant
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With dated production and too many songs that make a good first impression but fail to stick, “Steel Wheels” has gathered moss over the years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

This moss, which can hold 20 times its own weight in water, is "really good at building peat".

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Carlini demonstrated how powerful Mythos can be one afternoon recently at Anthropic’s 10-story San Francisco headquarters, where moss walls, plants and artwork are designed to evoke the Pacific Coast Trail.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

The culprit was a potent fungus never seen before by scientists, now named moss die-back.

From BBC May 30, 2026

I wiped off some of the moss so I could look at it more closely.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

"This moss has just exploded. In the 1930s, native mosses would have been growing here instead," Greiff explains.

From BBC May 30, 2026

It says high levels of rainfall, alongside relatively mild temperatures all year round, provide the right environment for rare lichens and mosses.

From BBC May 21, 2026

"We did a survey of the different kinds of mosses growing near the crime scene, and that species of moss was not growing there," says von Konrat.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2026

Two projects – one in the Yorkshire Dales and another on Marsden Moor near Huddersfield – are reintroducing mosses to the uplands, which it is hoped will also create diverse habitats for wildlife.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

This grove has a magnetic pull, beckoning toward a carpet of blue-green mosses where I long to lie on my back and sing into the leaves.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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