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Webster 1913 Edition

Sphagnum

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Sphag′num

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Noun.
[NL., fr/ Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] 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.

Definition 2024

Sphagnum

Sphagnum

See also: sphagnum

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Proper noun

Sphagnum n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sphagnaceae – the sphagnum mosses.

See also

  • See Wikipedia for species

sphagnum

sphagnum

See also: Sphagnum

English

Noun

sphagnum ‎(plural sphagnums)

  1. Any of various widely distributed mosses, of the genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek σφάγνος ‎(sphágnos, “kind of moss”).

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