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Meanings of long moss in English

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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.

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Usage of long moss in English
1
It kills the long moss, but the green mold it does not seem to affect.
One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
2
The huge double gate of Thonbec had stood open so long moss had grown on the hinges.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
3
And taking a strand of the long moss he scraped the greenish gray outside off, leaving a black strand like a horse hair.
The Big Brother: A Story of Indian War
4
"That is Spanish moss, also called long moss," explained Mr. Brown.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South
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