| 单词 |
tree-moss |
| 释义 |
ˈtree-moss a. Any moss or moss-like plant that grows on trees; applied esp. to certain lichens. b. A moss-like plant of branched form like a miniature tree, as club-moss (Lycopodium).
1611Florio, Musco,..greene tree mosse. 1681Grew Musæum ii. iii. iv. 235 The Creeping Tree Mosse of America. 1766J. Bartram Jrnl. 27 Jan., in Stork Acc. E. Florida 54 We encamped..on a bed of long tree-moss, to preserve us from the..damp ground. 1866Treas. Bot. 1197 The species [of Usnea]..are often called Tree Moss or Tree Hair. 1884Miller Plant-n., Tree, or Beard, Moss, a name applied to various Lichens of the genera Usnea, Ramalina, Cornicularia, &c.; also to Lycopodium Selago. 1897–8Britton & Brown Amer. Flora Index, Tree Moss [= The Fir Club-moss, Lycopodium Selago; The Cypress Spurge, Euphorbia Cyparissias]. |

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