mosslike

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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

A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Azolla caroliniana, a minute mosslike floating plant allied to the ferns, responds to light and cold with a reddish tinge, and to shade or warmth with a pure green.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

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 Burroughs, Edgar Rice