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-- Moss pink (Bot.), a plant
of the genus Phlox (P. subulata), growing in patches on
dry rocky hills in the Middle United States, and often cultivated for
its handsome flowers. Gray. -- Moss
rose (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike
growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived from the
Provence rose. -- Moss rush (Bot.),
a rush of the genus Juncus (J. squarrosus). --
Scale moss. See Hepatica.

Moss, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Mossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mossing.] To cover or overgrow with moss.

An oak whose boughs were mossed with
age.

Shak.

Moss"back` (?), n. A veteran
partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be
likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss. [Political
Slang, U.S.]

{ Moss"bank`er (?), Moss"bunk`er (?), }
n. (Zoöl.) The menhaded.

Moss"-grown` (?), a.

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