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Mossbanker :: Mossbanker (n.) Alt. of Mossbunke.

Goemin :: Goemin (n.) A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.

Muscoid :: Muscoid (n.) A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system..

Mossiness :: Mossiness (n.) The state of being mossy.

Pteridophyta :: Pteridophyta (n. pl.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia..

Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses..

Proembryo :: Proembryo (n.) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses..

Sphagnicolous :: Sphagnicolous (a.) Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.

Apophysis :: Apophysis (n.) An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses..

Musci :: Musci (n. pl.) An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia..

Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses..

Moss :: Moss (n.) 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..

Sphagnous :: Sphagnous (a.) Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss..

Pleurocarp :: Pleurocarp (n.) Any pleurocarpic moss.

Vaginula :: Vaginula (n.) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses..

Hypnum :: Hypnum (n.) The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.

Moss :: Moss (v. t.) To cover or overgrow with moss.

Sea Moss :: Sea moss () Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.

Dorsal :: Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss..

Urn :: Urn (n.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca..

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