The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MOSS , but the solution may also be LICHEN which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in LA Times).
Tree growth crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOSS | 36 % | 4 |
| LICHEN | 27 % | 6 |
| BURL | 18 % | 4 |
| KNUR | 9 % | 4 |
| LEAF | 9 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tree growth
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- primed
Crossword Answer definitions
MOSS noun- Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
- A kind or species of such plants.
- Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
- A bog; a fen.
- To become covered with moss.
- To cover (something) with moss.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MOSS
- Iceland or club
- Damp growth
- Spanish or Irish
- What certain stones don't gather
- You won't find it on a rolling stone
- Shade of green
- It grows on trees
- Primitive vegetation
- Bryophyte
- Sign of stagnation
More clues leading to the result LICHEN
- Fungus/alga symbiosis
- Oakmoss, e.g.
- Growth on a rock
- Alga-fungus combination
- Alga-fungus symbiosis
- Beard moss, for one
- Growth on trees and rocks
- Rock fungus
- Rock growth
- Tree growth
More clues leading to the result BURL
- ___ Ives
- Folk singer Ives
- Growth on a gingko
- Growth on a tree trunk
- Folksinger Ives
- Ives the folksinger
- Ives the Oscar-winner
- Ives of folk music
- Ives of "East of Eden"
- Singer/actor Ives
More clues leading to the result KNUR
- Bump on a log
- Tree growth
- Gnarl.
- Knot in tree trunk.
- Knot in wood.
- Gnarl on a tree.
- Hard tree growth
- Sylvan knot
- Knotty bump on a tree
- Tree protuberance