SCALE MOSS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic

Synonyms:

leafy liverwort; scale moss

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("scale moss" is a kind of...):

hepatic; liverwort (any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses)

Holonyms ("scale moss" is a member of...):

Jungermanniales; order Jungermanniales (large order of chiefly tropical liverworts)

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