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Black moss. See under Black, and
Tillandsia. -- Bog moss. See
Sphagnum. -- Feather moss, any moss
branched in a feathery manner, esp. several species of the genus
Hypnum. -- Florida moss, Long
moss, or Spanish moss. See
Tillandsia. -- Iceland moss, a
lichen. See Iceland Moss. -- Irish
moss, a seaweed. See Carrageen. --
Moss agate (Min.), a variety of agate,
containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due
in part to oxide of manganese. Called also Mocha stone. -
- Moss animal (Zoöl.), a
bryozoan. -- Moss berry (Bot.), the
small cranberry (Vaccinium Oxycoccus). -- Moss
campion (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly
(Silene acaulis), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the
highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the Arctic
circle. -- Moss land, land produced
accumulation of aquatic plants, forming peat bogs of more or less
consistency, as the water is grained off or retained in its
pores.


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