scale moss

/skeɪl mɔs/

Definitions of scale moss

1. noun

   moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic
   synonyms: leafy liverwort

   type of:

   hepatic, liverwort

   any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses