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polster

polster noun: a clump of moss; a glacier mouse.

Noun

polster (plural polsters)

  1. A clump of moss; a glacier mouse.
    • It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.1915 April, F. J. Smiley, “The alpine and subapline vegetation of the Lake Tahoe region”, in Botanical Gazette, volume 59, page 265
    • The polsters give the glacier the appearance of a cobble-strewn surface.1972, Calvin J. Heusser, “Polsters of the moss Drepanocladus berggrenii on Gilkey Glacier, Alaska”, in Torreya, volume 99, number 1, pages 34–36

Forms of polster

pluralpolsters

Origin of polster

From German Polster (“cushion”).

Questions about polster

What does polster mean?
Polster means a clump of moss; a glacier mouse.
What part of speech is polster?
Polster is a noun.
What is the plural of polster?
The plural of polster is polsters.

Words near polster in the dictionary

  1. Polskys
  2. Polsloe
  3. Polsom
  4. Polson
  5. Polstead
  6. polster
  7. polsters
  8. Polston
  9. Polstons
  10. polt
  11. polt feet

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