こけ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. moss
2. short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea); cowberry
bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)
Examples (1 in total)
"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.