sphagnum

(sfag′nəm)

noun

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

Origin: ModL < Gr sphagnos, kind of moss

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noun

Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum, the decomposed remains of which form peat.

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Origin: New Latin

Origin: , from Latin sphagnos, a kind of moss

Origin: , from Greek, a kind of shrub

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