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sphagnum definition

sphag·num (sfag′nəm)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Sphagnum) of highly absorbent, spongelike, grayish peat mosses found in bogs
  2. a mass of such peat mosses, used to improve soil, to pack and pot plants, etc.

Etymology: ModL < Gr sphagnos, kind of moss

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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