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Sphagnum

noun

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

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"Sphagnum" Quotes from Famous Books

... pointed down at the wet sphagnum. Smith's foot-prints were there in damning contrast to her own. Worse than that, Smith's pipe lay on an embedded log, and a rubber tobacco ...

— The Flaming Jewel • Robert Chambers

Words linked to "Sphagnum" : sphagnum moss, moss, bog moss