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SCALE MOSS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does scale moss mean?

• SCALE MOSS (noun)
The noun SCALE MOSS has 1 sense:

1. mosslike liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic

Familiarity information: SCALE MOSS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SCALE MOSS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Mosslike liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

leafy liverwort; scale moss

Hypernyms ("scale moss" is a kind of...):

hepatic; liverwort (any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses)

Holonyms ("scale moss" is a member of...):

Jungermanniales; order Jungermanniales (large order of chiefly tropical liverworts)

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