Polster

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A clump of moss; a glacier mouse.

    "It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers."

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"It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers."

Etymology

From German Polster (“cushion”).

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