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moss
English
Etymology
From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Germanic *mus? (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss”), German Low German Moss (“moss”), German Moos (“moss”), Danish mos (“moss”), Swedish mossa (“moss”), Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Latin muscus (“moss”), Russian ??? (mox, “moss”), Polish mech. Doublet of mousse.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m?s/
- (US) enPR: môs, IPA(key): /m?s/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) enPR: mäs, IPA(key): /m?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
moss (countable and uncountable, plural mosses)
- Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
- Hypernym: bryophyte
- (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
- (informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
- Hyponyms: alga, cryptogam, lichen
- (now chiefly Britain regional) A bog; a fen.
Usage notes
- The plural form mosses is used when more than one kind of moss is meant. The singular moss is used referring to a collection of moss plants of the same kind.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
moss (third-person singular simple present mosses, present participle mossing, simple past and past participle mossed)
- (intransitive) To become covered with moss.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with moss.
Translations
See also
- muscoid
Further reading
- moss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- A New English dictionary on historical principles, Volume 6, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir William Alexander Craigie, Charles Talbut Onions, editors, Clarendon Press, 1908, pages 684-6
Anagrams
- SMOS, SMOs, soms
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- mossál
Etymology
mos +? -j
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mo??]
- Hyphenation: moss
- Rhymes: -o??
Verb
moss
- second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of mos
Usage notes
Not to be confused with mos (“to wash”).
moss From the web:
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- what moss grows on trees
- what moss grows in full sun
- what moss is used for bonsai
- what moss is edible
- what moss to use for kokedama
fungi
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: f?n?j?, f?ng?g?, IPA(key): /?f?n.d?a?/, /?f??.?a?/, /?f??.?i?/, /?f?n.d?i?/
- , , ,
Noun
fungi
- plural of fungus
- (pathology) Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound
Usage notes
- There are multiple pronunciations in current English use. More American dictionaries favor the pronunciation /?f?n.d?a?/ or /?f??.?a?/, while more British dictionaries favor the pronunciation /?f??.?i?/ or /?f?n.d?i?/. However, all four pronunciations are in use in both countries.
Etymology 2
Noun
fungi (uncountable)
- (music) A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.
Synonyms
- (Virgin Islands music): scratch, quelbe
Etymology 3
Noun
fungi (uncountable)
- Alternative form of fungee (“Caribbean okra dish”)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
fungi
- plural of fungus
Italian
Verb
fungi
- second-person singular present indicative of fungere
- second-person singular imperative of fungere
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?fun.?i?/, [?f???i?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fun.d??i/, [?fun??d??i]
Etymology 1
Noun
fung? m
- genitive singular of fungus
- locative singular of fungus
- nominative plural of fungus
- vocative plural of fungus
Etymology 2
Verb
fung?
- present active infinitive of fungor
References
- fungi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
fungi From the web:
- what fungi
- what fungi causes athlete's foot
- what fungi causes ringworm
- what fungi are decomposers
- what fungi do we eat
- what fungible means
- what fungi is yeast
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