floating-moss

1. 1.

   free-floating aquatic ferns

   SynonymsSalvinia rotundifoliaSalvinia auriculata

   Broaderaquatic fern

   Part ofSalvinia

Questions about floating-moss

What does floating-moss mean?

floating-moss means "free-floating aquatic ferns".

How many syllables are in floating-moss?

floating-moss has 4 syllables: flo-a-ting--moss. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for floating-moss?

Close synonyms include Salvinia rotundifolia, Salvinia auriculata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is floating-moss a common word?

floating-moss is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.