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English
Etymology
From tree + moss.
Noun
treemoss (countable and uncountable, plural treemosses)
- Unprocessed mosses and lichens found growing on trees, often used commercially in fragrances.
1825, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Richard Thomas Gore, A Manual of the Elements of Natural History, page 175:There are but few plants, also , (such as perhaps, the Yew, Savine, and most treemosses, ) which do not serve for the abode and support of known Insects.
2013, D. L. J. Opdyke, Monographs on Fragrance Raw Materials, page 711:The principal constituents of treemoss are lichen acids, some of which are atranorin, furfuracinic acid and chloroatranorin (Guenther, 1952).
2017, Steffen Arctander, Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 451:Treemoss products are generally used to “cut” true oakmoss in order to reduce the cost.
2021, Anton C. de Groot, Monographs in Contact Allergy, page 268:Of chemicals relevant for sensitization, a typical industrial treemoss absolute oil (which is also an extract) may contain approximately 0.36% atranol, 0.22% chloratranol and 5-6% dehydroabietic acid and other resin acids (including the allergenic 7-oxodehydroabietic acid), but undetectable levels of atranorin and chloroatranorin, as these are easily degraded into atranol and chloroatranol (20).