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Spanish mosses

Spanish mosses is the plural of Spanish moss.

Meaning of Spanish moss

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

Questions about Spanish mosses

What is Spanish mosses the plural of?
Spanish mosses is the plural of Spanish moss.

Words near Spanish mosses in the dictionary

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

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