mosslike
Example Sentences
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The tiny, mosslike plants are extremely sensitive to temperature and moisture and can be used to monitor climate change.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2022
Gradually, the narrator realizes she herself has been contaminated by spores inhaled as she examined a mosslike growth that spelled out gloomy poetry on the walls of a living shaft plunging deep into the earth.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2014
You do not question the fact; neither did I. I found myself lying prone upon a bed of yellowish, mosslike vegetation which stretched around me in all directions for interminable miles.
From A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Upon them were black mosslike encrustations of age, and they were bent and scarred from the attacks of long-forgotten teeth.
From Men, Women, and Boats by Stephen Crane
