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oakmoss

noun oak·moss \ˈōk-ˌmȯs\

Definition of OAKMOSS

:  any of several lichens (as Evernia prunastri) that grow on oak trees and yield a resin used in perfumery
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First Known Use of OAKMOSS

1921

Rhymes with OAKMOSS

across, backcross, brown sauce, bugloss, club moss, crisscross, duck sauce, emboss, Greek cross, hard sauce, Kinross, kouros, lacrosse, outcross, pathos, peat moss, pit boss, Red Cross, ringtoss, straw boss, tau cross, topcross, uncross, white sauce

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