moss-grown
Covered in bryophytes
Moss-grown describes something covered with moss, suggesting age, neglect, or long exposure to damp conditions: moss-grown stones, a moss-grown wall.
Figuratively, it means old-fashioned or antiquated: moss-grown traditions, moss-grown ideas.
The image is of something that has sat undisturbed so long that moss has had time to spread across it.
antiquated
Eroded by age
- hoaryAged and gray
- venerableDeserving honor for dignity
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
outdated · bygone · dated · obsolete · outmoded · anachronistic · fossilized · relic
time-worn
Eroded by age
old-fashioned · outdated · bygone · dated · obsolete · outmoded · anachronistic · fossilized · relic · old-world
emerald
Green precious beryl
damp · shady · overgrown · ferny · lichen · liverwort · carpet · cushion · spores · humid
- ruinsancient ruins, ruin, castle ruins, Roman ruins, temple ruins