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moss-grown

  [maws-grohn, mos-]
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–adjective
1. overgrown with moss.
2. old-fashioned; antiquated: moss-grown traditions.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME
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moss·grown   (môs'grōn', mŏs'-)   
adj.  

  1. Overgrown with moss.

  2. Old-fashioned; antiquated: mossgrown ideas about family life.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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