'mossy
World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | See also peat moss any bryophyte of the phylum Bryophyta, typically growing in dense mats on trees, rocks, moist ground, etc |
| 2. | a clump or growth of any of these plants |
| 3. | any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as club moss, Spanish moss, Ceylon moss, rose moss, and reindeer moss |
| 4. | (Scot), (Northern English) a peat bog or marsh |
| [Old English mos swamp; compare Middle Dutch, Old High German mos bog, Old Norse mosi; compare also Old Norse mӯrr | |
| 'mosslike | |
| —adj | |
| 'mossy | |
| —adj | |
| 'mossiness | |
| —n | |
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'mossy
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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