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moss

[maws, mos] / mɔs, mɒs /
NOUN
flowerless plant
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Other species have long legs and live among moss, while some are sturdier frogs adapted to life on the ground.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

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 heath-star moss sends out spores far and wide and reproduces quickly, making it a successful invader.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

You could see it in summer, when the land was a riot of lingonberries and crowberries and cloudberries, mixed in among the moss and tiny orchids and the reddish-purple sweet vetch.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Jones said the best way to spot healthy peatland was the plants growing on it, "there'll be grasses, sedges, heathers, critically there will often be bog mosses of the genus sphagnum".

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

"They've lots of humidity supporting mosses, lichens, and complex woodland structures, including ravines, rivers and rocky outcrops."

From BBC ● May 25, 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

They rustle along the paths of the Jardin des Plantes and wind through the museum galleries; they echo in high dusty redoubts where shriveled old botanists study exotic mosses.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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