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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. moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphyticplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SCALE MOSS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Moss-like 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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