n 1  :  any of a class (Musci) of bryophytic plants having a small leafy often tufted stem bearing sex organs at its tip - see SPHAGNUM   2  :  any of various plants resembling mosses in appearance or habit of growth - see CLUB MOSS ICELAND MOSS IRISH MOSS  .
 
 
 
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