moss

Any of various green, usually small, nonvascular plants of the division Bryophyta, having leaflike structures arranged around the stem and spores borne in a capsule.

A patch or covering of such plants.

Any of various other unrelated plants having a similar appearance or manner of growth, such as Irish moss, Spanish moss, and the club mosses.

To cover with moss.

An erroneous form of morse.

A swamp or bog; specifically, a peatbog or a tract of such bogs; also, peat.

The widow’s-cross, Sedum pulchellum.

The haircap-moss, Polytrichum juniperinum.

Same as golden moss .