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Moss(medicine)
moss(1)(dictionary)

moss(2) (iou) and spearmint (iou)


moss(2) (iou)



moss verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. Become mossy. LME.
verb trans. Cover with moss. L16.
E. B. Browning When years had mossed the stone.
verb trans. Remove moss from (trees etc.). L17-E18.
verb intrans. Gather or collect moss. E18.

spearmint (iou)



spearmint noun. M16.
[from SPEAR noun1 + MINT noun2.]
A Garden mint, a glabrous form of Mentha spicata, commonly grown as a flavouring, esp. for use in mint sauce. M16.
In full spearmint oil. An aromatic oil extracted from the spearmint. M19.
A sweet or piece of chewing-gum flavoured with spearmint oil. E20.
spearminty adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling spearmint; that tastes or smells of spearmint: M20.