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oakmosses

[ohk-maws, -mos]

oak·moss

[ohk-maws, -mos]
noun
a lichen, Evernia pranastri, growing on oak and other trees, yielding a resin used in the manufacture of perfumes.

Origin:
1920–25; oak + moss
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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