black moss
ломонос виноградолистный, клематис виноградолистный
Spanisches Moos
Any of numerous species of dark-coloured mosses, possibly species of the genera…Any of numerous species of dark-coloured mosses (Bryophyta), possibly species of the genera Grimmia, Andreaea, Syntrichia, Cinclidotus.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)Any of numerous species of dark-coloured mosses (Bryophyta), possibly species of the genera Grimmia, Andreaea, Syntrichia, Cinclidotus.
(uncountable, usually)Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish moss), a flowering plant, particularly after it has been dried for use as stuffing and decoration.
(uncountable, usually)Nostoc flagelliforme (fat choy), a terrestrial cyanobacterium eaten in Chinese cuisine.
(US, uncountable, usually)Bryoria fremontii (wila), a lichen eaten by First Peoples in North America.
More definitions
- dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
Forms
plural: black mosses| Singular | black moss |
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uncountable
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America:Spanish mossold man's beardlong mossTillandsia usneoides
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable