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SCALE MOSS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic
Synonyms:
leafy liverwort; scale moss
Classified under:
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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