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English
Etymology
From the genus name, which is from Ancient Greek σφάγνος (sphágnos).
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sphagnum (plural sphagnums)
- Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.
- Synonym: peat moss
- 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 32:
- he ground up here is waterlogged and riddled with potholes, holes beneath the spongy coral fern, hidden holes throughout the sphagnum.
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