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Definition of Moss |
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Moss
A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border. To cover or overgrow with moss. Related Definitions: An, And, Apical, Are, As, Bog, Border, By, Capsule, Cellular, Collectively, Containing, Cover, Cryptogamous, Discharging, Distinct, Earth, Few, Fruit, Growing, In, Is, Leaves, Lid, Many, Morass, Moss, Musci, Of, On, Opening, Or, Overgrow, Peat, Place, Plant, Running, Scottish, Simple, Small, So, Species, Stem, Structure, Termed, The, There, To, Water, With |
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Moss Quotations
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. John Burroughs If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush. Dawn French Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros. Nolan Ryan I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home. Sting Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone. Gary Cherone On the king's gate the moss grew gray; The king came not. They call'd him dead; And made his eldest son, one day, Slave in his father's stead. Helen Hunt Jackson A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. Oliver Herford And that's why, you know, it's players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league. Boomer Esiason |
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Moss Translations
moss in Dutch is mos moss in French is mousse moss in German is Moos moss in Hungarian is moha moss in Italian is muschio moss in Portuguese is musgo moss in Spanish is musgo moss in Swedish is mossa |
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