Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sphagnum"
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) 1.7 (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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