| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
| small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi |
acervulus
|
| ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America |
Achillea millefolium
,
milfoil
,
yarrow
|
| mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia |
adder's fern
,
common polypody
,
golden maidenhair
,
golden polypody
,
Polypodium vulgare
,
sweet fern
,
wall fern
|
| moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin |
almond moth
,
Cadra cautella
,
fig moth
|
| creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers |
alpine azalea
,
Loiseleuria procumbens
,
mountain azalea
|
| mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States |
American watercress
,
Cardamine rotundifolia
,
mountain watercress
|
| mat on chair or sofa back |
antimacassar
|
| evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
,
bear's grape
,
common bearberry
,
creashak
,
hog cranberry
,
mealberry
,
mountain box
,
red bearberry
,
sand berry
,
sandberry
,
wild cranberry
|
| mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers; grown as ground cover |
Astilbe chinensis pumila
,
dwarf astilbe
|
| heavy towel or mat to stand on while drying yourself after a bath |
bath mat
|
| dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base |
bearberry willow
,
Salix uva-ursi
|
| drip mat placed under a glass of beer |
beer mat
|
| small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers |
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia
,
spike heath
|
| procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers |
bryanthus
|
| low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass |
buffalo grass
,
St. Augustine grass
,
Stenotaphrum secundatum
|
| any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States |
bunch grass
,
bunchgrass
|
| mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete |
canvas
,
canvass
|
| annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America |
carpetweed
,
Indian chickweed
,
Molluga verticillata
|
| mat-forming perennial of central Europe with large fragrant pink or red flowers |
cheddar pink
,
Diangus gratianopolitanus
|
| low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States |
chickweed phlox
,
Phlox bifida
,
Phlox stellaria
,
sand phlox
|