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pine-moss

pine-moss noun: any species of moss that grows on pine trees.

Noun

pine-moss (countable and uncountable, plural pine-mosses)

  1. Any species of moss that grows on pine trees.
    • "You must then make yourself a wig of pine-moss and go up to the king's palace, which is close by; there you must ask for service."1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 221

Forms of pine-moss

pluralpine-mosses

Questions about pine-moss

What does pine-moss mean?
Pine-moss means any species of moss that grows on pine trees.
What part of speech is pine-moss?
Pine-moss is a noun.
What is the plural of pine-moss?
The plural of pine-moss is pine-mosses.

Words near pine-moss in the dictionary

  1. pine woods snakes
  2. pine-apple
  3. pine-apples
  4. pine-cone
  5. pine-cones
  6. pine-moss
  7. pine-mosses
  8. pine-nut
  9. pine-nut porridge
  10. pine-nuts
  11. pineal

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