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Kate Moss

modelBorn: 1/16/1974Birthplace: London, England A supermodel known for her waifish look, Moss was discovered at John F. Kennedy International Airport when she was 14 and on vacation with her family…

Spanish moss

(Encyclopedia) Spanish moss, fibrous grayish-green epiphyte (Tillandsia usneoides) that hangs on trees of tropical America and the Southern states, also called Florida, southern, or long moss. It is…

moss agate

(Encyclopedia) moss agate: see agate.

Iceland moss

(Encyclopedia) Iceland moss: see lichen.

reindeer moss

(Encyclopedia) reindeer moss: see lichen.

peat moss

(Encyclopedia) peat moss: see sphagnum.

Jaffna moss

(Encyclopedia) Jaffna moss: see agar.

moss animal

(Encyclopedia) moss animal, common name applied to members of the phylum Ectoprocta.

Irish moss

(Encyclopedia) Irish moss: see seaweed; Rhodophyta.

moss, in botany

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Life cycle of a moss: A germinating spore forms a transitory branching structure on the soil surface, which develops into the conspicuous gametophyte, the familiar moss plant.…