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mossy

[maw-see, mos-ee] / ˈmɔ si, ˈmɒs i /
ADJECTIVE
tufted
Synonyms
WEAK
covered cushiony damp downy fresh moist moss-grown mosslike overgrown plushy smooth soft velvety
Antonyms
WEAK
bare dry modern new prickly
ADJECTIVE
antiquated
Synonyms
WEAK
fogyish old old-fashioned outdated
Antonyms
WEAK
bare dry fresh modern new prickly

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Fed from glaciers on Mount Shasta’s majestic slopes, Mossbrae Falls cascades out of lava tubes and down mossy cliffs into the Sacramento River in ethereal curtains of mist, sending rainbows dancing in all directions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

The exact molecular details of how signal processing in the mossy fiber synapses works are still unknown.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Further testing revealed that the rearrangement is tightly correlated with the functionality of the mossy fiber synapse.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Towering over dark, mossy lava fields are stacks of noisy machines the size of shipping containers, domes, and zig-zagging silver pipes.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024

We came to a shallow blind inlet ringed by a thick fringe of mossy green growth.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly