oakmoss

English

Etymology

From oak +‎ moss.

Noun

oakmoss (countable and uncountable, plural oakmosses)

1. Evernia prunastri, a lichen found primarily on oak trees and used in perfume.
   • 2007 October 7, Chandler Burr, “Wood Wins”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He shellacked them with smoky labdanum, oakmoss and incense black as pitch.