long moss
- noun
- /lɔŋ mɔs/
- US
:
musgo español
- The long moss draped gracefully from the oak trees.
Examples
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In the South, long moss hangs from branches like natural garlands.
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Birds sometimes build their nests using the soft fibers of long moss.
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The ancient oaks were draped with long moss that swayed gently in the breeze.
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Have you seen the long moss in the park?
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The long moss hung down from the branches, creating a soft curtain of green.
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As we walked through the swamp, the long moss draped across the trees, adding a mystic feel to the landscape.
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The ancient oak tree was adorned with long moss that swayed lightly in the wind.
Synonyms
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A plant with long grey-green strands like hair that hang from tree branches
A plant that grows on trees with long gray-green hanging strands
A plant with long thin grey threads that hang from tree branches
A pale greenish-gray growth with long hairlike strands that hang from tree branches
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'long' modifies 'moss', so the phrase denotes moss that is long or forms long hanging strands. Although it can be a common name for a specific species (Spanish moss), the sense is directly inferable from the constituents and follows a cross-linguistically common pattern.
Etymology
The noun long moss comes from the way the plant hangs in thin, grey threads: the moss drops down very long from tree branches like strings of hair or garlands, so people called it 'long moss'.