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Spanish moss

Spanish moss noun: a gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.

Noun

Spanish moss (usually uncountable, plural Spanish mosses)

  1. (usually) A gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.
    • The train sped on down through Florida, through the forests and swamps, stark and bewitched with Spanish moss, and through the mile upon mile of citrus groves.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 123

Synonyms of Spanish moss

All synonyms of Spanish moss

Forms of Spanish moss

pluralSpanish mosses

Questions about Spanish moss

What does Spanish moss mean?
Spanish moss means a gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.
What part of speech is Spanish moss?
Spanish moss is a noun.
What is the plural of Spanish moss?
The plural of Spanish moss is Spanish mosses.

Words near Spanish moss in the dictionary

  1. Spanish Mastiff
  2. Spanish Mestiza
  3. Spanish Mestizas
  4. Spanish Mestizo
  5. Spanish Mestizos
  6. Spanish moss
  7. Spanish mosses
  8. Spanish nectarine
  9. Spanish nectarines
  10. Spanish needles
  11. Spanish Netherlands

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