sphagnum

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sphagnum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

sphagnum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sphagnum
      n 1: any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum
           whose decomposed remains form peat [syn: sphagnum,
           sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss]