Meaning sphagnum
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sphagnumgenus of mosses, peat-moss, 1741, Modern Latin, from Latin sphagnos, a kind of lichen, from Greek sphagnos "a spiny shrub, a kind of moss," of unknown origin. Related: Sphagnous.
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sphagnumA bog moss that is collected and composted to use as a soil amendment (not recommended for clay soil). Commercially baled peat moss is usually bog moss.
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sphagnumDried bog moss. Most peat moss is composed primarily of sphagnum moss. This moss is also packaged and sold in a fresh state, and used for lining hanging baskets and air layering. Spathe
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sphagnumA type of coarse moss which when it decays in a certain way under wet conditions forms sphagnum moss peat.
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sphagnum(n) any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
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sphagnumA Plant genus of the Family Sphagnaceae, order Sphagnales, subclass Sphagnidae, class Sphagnopsida.
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sphagnumAny of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum, the decomposed remains of which form peat.
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