Scale moss Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic
    leafy liverwort.

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Definitions
  1. . See Hepatica.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order Hepaticæ; so called from the small imbricated scalelike leaves of most of the species. See Hepatica, 2, and Jungermannia.

Webster 1913