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sphagnum


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sphagnum  \Sphag"num\,  n.  [NL.,  fr/  Gr  ???  a  kind  of  moss.] 
  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  mosses  having  white  leaves  slightly  tinged  with 
  red  or  green  and  found  growing  in  marshy  places;  bog  moss; 
  peat  moss. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sphagnum 
  n  :  any  of  various  pale  or  ashy  mosses  of  the  genus  Sphagnum 
  whose  decomposed  remains  form  peat  [syn:  {sphagnum  moss}, 
  {peat  moss},  {bog  moss}] 




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