Sphagnous

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to, or consisting of sphagnum.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In botany, pertaining to bog-mosses or peat-mosses; abounding in bog-or peat-mosses. See Sphagnum.
  • See bog.
  • Word Usage
    "The common cranberry (Oxycoccos palustris) is distinguished from the preceding by its growing on moist sphagnous spots and is hence called maskoegomeena, swamp-berry."