moss´i|ness

moss´i|ness
moss|y «MS ee, MOS-», adjective, moss|i|er, moss|i|est.
1. covered with moss or a mosslike substance: »

a mossy bank. A wood of mossy distorted trees (Francis Parkman).

2. like moss: »

mossy green.

3. covered as if with moss; downy; velvety: »

the mossy antlers of a deer.

moss´i|ness, noun.

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