Mossbound

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered in moss. not-comparable, poetic

    "Here we decided to make camp beside a mossbound spring, in the lee of the steep richly flowered bank."

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"Here we decided to make camp beside a mossbound spring, in the lee of the steep richly flowered bank."

Etymology

From moss + bound.

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