NOUN | plant | genus Sphagnum | a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales |
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Meaning | A large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water. | |
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Member of | Sphagnales, order Sphagnales | coextensive with the genus Sphagnum |
Members | sphagnum, sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss | Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat |
Broader | moss genus | A genus of mosses |
Spanish | genus sphagnum | |
Catalan | genus sphagnum |
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