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
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.