Usually means: Small, green, non-vascular plants.
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We found 47 dictionaries that define the word Moss:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. moss: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. MOSs, moss: Merriam-Webster
  3. moss: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. moss: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. moss: Collins English Dictionary
  6. moss: Vocabulary.com
  7. Moss, moss: Wordnik
  8. moss: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. MOSS, Moss, moss: Wiktionary
  10. moss: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. moss: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. moss: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. moss: Dictionary.com
  14. moss: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. moss: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. MOSS (company), MOSS (disambiguation), MOSS, MoSS, Moss (Mike Gordon album), Moss (album), Moss (band), Moss (disambiguation), Moss (film), Moss (given name), Moss (language), Moss (surname), Moss (video game), Moss, The Moss: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Moss: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. moss: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. moss: Rhymezone
  20. moss: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. moss: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. moss: FreeDictionary.org
  23. moss: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. moss: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. moss: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. MOSS: Netlingo
  2. MOSS (MIME Object Security Services): Linktionary Networking Glossary
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Moss (botany), moss: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. moss: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. MOSS: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. moss: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. moss, moss: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. M.O.S.S: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MOSS: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

(Note: See mossing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (MOSS)

noun:  Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
noun:  (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
noun:  (informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
noun:  (now chiefly UK regional) A bog; a fen.
noun:  (American football, slang, countable) A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.
verb:  (intransitive) To become covered with moss.
verb:  (transitive) To cover (something) with moss.
verb:  (American football, slang, transitive, intransitive) To make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders.
verb:  (intransitive, MTE, slang) To relax, chill out.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A village and civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5914).
noun:  A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  Former name of Moss Landing, California.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
noun:  A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
noun:  (computing) Acronym of MIME Object Security Services.
noun:  (software) Acronym of Map Overlay and Statistical System.
noun:  (software) Acronym of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
noun:  (trading) Acronym of Market Oriented Sector Selective talks.

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