moss

Example Sentences

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She grew much of the produce we ate, and our house was covered in ivy and moss.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scientists experienced this firsthand in 2013, when they were asked to analyze tiny fragments of moss to help determine where a body had been buried.

From Science Daily

This included persuading the War Office of the benefits of using sphagnum moss for wound dressings.

From BBC

Using this archive, the research team tracked changes in airborne moss spores across a 35-year period, focusing on 16 different moss species and groups.

From Science Daily

As Europe seeks to curb its dependence on China for rare earths, plans to mine the continent's biggest deposit have hit a roadblock over fears that mining operations could harm endangered beetles, mosses and mushrooms.

From Barron's