SPHAGNUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sphagnum mean? 

• SPHAGNUM (noun)
  The noun SPHAGNUM has 1 sense:

1. any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

  Familiarity information: SPHAGNUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHAGNUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bog moss; peat moss; sphagnum; sphagnum moss

Hypernyms ("sphagnum" is a kind of...):

moss (tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants)

Holonyms ("sphagnum" is a member of...):

genus Sphagnum (a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water)