SPHAGNUM


Meaning of SPHAGNUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsfag-nəm ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin sphagnos, a moss, from Greek

Date: 1741

1. : any of an order (Sphagnales, containing a single genus Sphagnum ) of atypical mosses that grow only in wet acid areas where their remains become compacted with other plant debris to form peat

2. : a mass of sphagnum plants

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