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."