Sphagnum Definition

sfăgnəm
noun
Any of a genus (Sphagnum) of highly absorbent, spongelike, grayish peat mosses found in bogs.
Webster's New World
A mass of such peat mosses, used to improve soil, to pack and pot plants, etc.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphagnaceae — the sphagnum mosses.

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Noun

Singular:
sphagnum
Plural:
sphagnums

Origin of Sphagnum

  • New Latin from Latin sphagnos a kind of moss from Greek a kind of shrub

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sphagnum Sentence Examples

  • Each plant bears a bright rose-purple flower that shows well on its bed of Sphagnum, Cranberry, and Sedge.

  • A shady moist spot with a northern exposure is best, and the soil should be a mixture of well-rotted manure and Sphagnum.

  • It is less trouble out of doors than under glass; indeed, it only requires a moderately wet bog in a light spongy soil of fibrous peat and chopped Sphagnum Moss.

  • Small pots, with a little bit of dry Sphagnum Moss inside, inverted on the tops of stakes, also form good traps.

  • It is a good plant for the bog garden or for damp spots in the rock garden, in an open and fully-exposed position with the choicer bog plants, in fibrous peat well mixed with Sphagnum Moss, which is common in marshy places.

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