ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Polster

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Polster is a noun meaning (botany) A clump of moss; a glacier mouse.

Meaning

(botany) A clump of moss; a glacier mouse.

Example Sentences

The polsters give the glacier the appearance of a cobble-strewn surface.
Moss polsters were sampled using an equivalent surface cross-section area to that of the traps.
It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clumper, podetium, bogmoss, moss, polypod, lycopod.

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