Sphagnum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum, the decomposed remains of which form peat.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various widely distributed mosses, of the genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A genus of mosses, the peat- or bog-mosses, the only representative of the order Sphagnaceæ. For characters, see Sphagnaceæ.
  • n. A mass or quantity of moss of this genus: often used attributively; as, sphagnum moss; a sphagnum. bog.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
  • Hypernym
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    moss   
    Form
    sphagnous   
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    peat moss   
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