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fairy moss

fairy moss noun: any of various species of aquatic fern in the genus Azolla.

Noun

fairy moss (plural fairy mosses)

  1. Any of various species of aquatic fern in the genus Azolla.
    • If you have ever had a pond you will know Azolla, a.k.a. pondweed, duckweed fern or fairy moss.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 76

Forms of fairy moss

pluralfairy mosses

Questions about fairy moss

What does fairy moss mean?
Fairy moss means any of various species of aquatic fern in the genus Azolla.
What part of speech is fairy moss?
Fairy moss is a noun.
What is the plural of fairy moss?
The plural of fairy moss is fairy mosses.

Words near fairy moss in the dictionary

  1. fairy martin
  2. fairy martins
  3. Fairy Meadow
  4. fairy mist
  5. fairy money
  6. fairy moss
  7. fairy mound
  8. fairy mushroom
  9. fairy mushrooms
  10. fairy nuff
  11. fairy opera

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