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Bog moss

noun

Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat. Synonyms: peat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum moss.

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... mischief was that Gavin Balchrystie did not, like the guards and engine-drivers, go on with the passing train. He was always on the spot, and the path through Barbrax Wood to the Railway Inn was as well trodden as that which led over the bog moss, where the whaups built, to the great white viaduct of Loch Merrick, where his three miles of ...

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Words linked to "Bog moss" : peat moss, sphagnum, moss, genus Sphagnum