Definition of rock moss. Meaning of rock moss. Synonyms of rock moss

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Definition of rock moss

rock moss
Lichen Li"chen (l[imac]"k[e^]n; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. leichh`n.] 1. (Bot.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss. Note: A favorite modern theory of lichens (called after its inventor the Schwendener hypothesis), is that they are not autonomous plants, but that they consist of ascigerous fungi, parasitic on alg[ae]. Each lichen is composed of white filaments and green, or greenish, rounded cells, and it is argued that the two are of different nature, the one living at the expense of the other. See Hyph[ae], and Gonidia. 2. (Med.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.

Meaning of rock moss from wikipedia

- Chondrus crispus—commonly called Irish moss or carrageenan moss (Irish carraigín, "little rock")—is a species of red algae which grows abundantly along...
- Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (/braɪˈɒfətə/, /ˌbraɪ.əˈfaɪtə/) sensu stricto. Bryophyta (sensu lato...
- Beautiful from 1987 to 2012. Moss was born and raised in Los Angeles. He grew up surrounded by the theatre, concert, and rock & roll music world. At age...
- otherwise known as grey-cushioned grimmia or pulvinate dry rock moss, is a bryophyte moss common in temperate climates worldwide. Grimmia pulvinata grows...
- Ian Richard Moss (born 20 March 1955) is an Australian rock musician from Alice Springs. He is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of...
- gives rise to its regional common names woolly fringemoss, ****y rock-moss and woolly moss. Racomitrium lanuginosum grows as "large cushiony mats". Its stems...
- known as Blytt's rock moss, is a moss belonging to the family Andreaeaceae, commonly known as rock moss, granite moss, or lantern moss because of this...
- Katherine Ann Moss (born 16 January 1974) is an English model. Arriving towards the end of the "supermodel era", Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s...
- 1997, at the former home of Hendon F.C. From 2003 to 2005 Moss joined several punk rock and rock bands, among them F****bender, DanMingo and Dirth. In July...
- alpestris – slender rock-moss Andreaea alpina – alpine rock-moss Andreaea blyttii – Blytt's rock-moss Andreaea frigida – icy rock-moss Andreaea megistospora...