Long Moss (Noun)
Meaning
Dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The forest was covered in a thick layer of long moss that swayed gently in the breeze.
- Spanish moss, also known as long moss, is a type of epiphyte that grows on trees in the southeastern United States.
- The long moss that hung from the cypress trees created a spooky atmosphere in the bayou.
- In the humid climate of the tropical rainforest, long moss thrived on the trunks and branches of the trees.
- The long moss that covered the ancient oak tree was home to a variety of insects and small animals.