Definition of Staghorn moss

1. Noun. A variety of club moss.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Staghorn Moss

staggeringly
staggers
staggerwort
staggery
staggie
staggier
staggies
staggiest
stagging
staggy
staghead
staghorn
staghorn calculus
staghorn coral
staghorn fern
staghorn moss (current term)
staghorn sumac
staghound
staghounds
stagiaire
stagiaires
stagier
stagiest
stagily
staginess
staginesses
staging
staging area
stagings
staglike

Literary usage of Staghorn moss

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Beyond the Mountain by Sarah Phelps Stokes Halkett (1917)
"The Creeping Pine (staghorn moss) A stag went bounding through the wood and met a noble pine. He said: " Your branches spread too much; they're not as nice ..."

2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1882)
"... scale- like leaves, which sprawls over the ground and branches in a way that gives it some resemblance to a horn, whence it is called staghorn moss? ..."

3. Flora of Worcester County: A Catalogue of the Phaenogamous and Vascular by Joseph Jackson (1894)
"staghorn moss. Common. inundatum, L. Sandy shores. annotinum, L. Leicester. G. Coult. obscurum, L. Moist woods, common. clavatum, L. Common Club-Moss. ..."

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