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sphagnum definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat [syn: sphagnum, sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin sphagnos, a moss, from Greek Date: 1741 1. any of an order (Sphagnales, containing a single genus Sphagnum) of atypical mosses that grow only in wet acid areas where their remains become compacted with other plant debris to form peat 2. a mass of sphagnum plants

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. sphagna) (in full sphagnum moss) any moss of the genus Sphagnum, growing in bogs and peat, and used as packing esp. for plants, as fertilizer, etc. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk sphagnos a moss

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sphagnum Sphag"num, n. [NL., fr/ Gr. ??? a kind of moss.] (Bot.) A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Bog-moss, peat-moss.